Geisinger Health System and Merck have signed a multi-year collaboration designed to improve patient adherence, engagement and care delivery.

The collaboration will focus on improving patient health outcomes through new solutions that aid shared decision making between patients and physicians.

Geisinger Health System president and chief executive officer Glenn Steele said, "Our collaboration with Merck will allow both organizations to leverage our individual expertise and joint resources to improve patient engagement, including finding new interventions to increase the likelihood that patients will adhere to their treatment plans."

An interactive web application to help primary care clinicians assess and engage patients at risk for cardiometabolic syndrome, is the first tool that is being developed.

The web application and other care management solutions developed under the collaboration will initially be tested within the Geisinger system.