At Direct Med Clinic, we are using innovative care journey technology to help employers save money on employee healthcare costs.
We started implementing care journeys for our employer-client employees as a way to develop customized plans that guide an employee through lifestyle changes and treatment to manage a chronic condition. This is a long-term solution that will exponentially bring better clinical outcomes to the patients, and economic outcomes to the employer as a consequence of the previous one.
The Problems with Traditional Healthcare
The traditional healthcare model often fails employees with chronic conditions. Doctors prescribe medication but don’t follow up on lifestyle changes. There is a lack of accountability between office visits which are often months apart. Employees aren’t motivated to make difficult lifestyle changes on their own. This results in poor health outcomes and increased costs over time as chronic conditions worsen.
Neither the doctor nor the employee has the tools or accountability needed to make meaningful improvements to employee health. The doctor writes a prescription and doesn’t see the patient again for 6 months. The employee takes medication but doesn’t have the drive to exercise more or change their diet.
This faulty healthcare system leads to uncontrolled chronic conditions, complications, increased absenteeism, lower productivity, and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
Our Care Journey Solution
At Direct Med Clinic, we leverage cutting-edge technology to enhance the doctor-patient relationship and promote daily accountability.
Here’s how our proprietary care journey program works:
First Appointment – Goal Setting
Employees meet individually with their Direct Med Clinic doctor to create a customized care plan. The doctor gets to know the patient’s unique needs and lifestyle.
Together, they set health outcome goals like lower blood pressure, cholesterol, or weight loss goals. The doctor prescribes any necessary medications to help the patient reach their targets.
Next, the doctor and patient have an in-depth discussion to create diet and exercise changes tailored to the patient. A contracted dietitian provides customized meal plans and recipes.
The doctor and patient design an exercise routine that fits into the patient’s schedule and is sustainable long-term. This collaborative goal-setting gets the care journey started on the right foot.
Daily Tracking with Our App
The employee then uses our user-friendly app to track their compliance every single day. The app asks simple yes/no questions like “Did you follow your diet plan today?” and “Did you complete your full exercise routine today?”. This constant daily engagement keeps employees focused on their health 24/7.
Data from the app allows our doctors to monitor patient progress continuously. We can spot any issues with diet or exercise compliance early and quickly make tweaks to get the care journey back on track. This daily tracking and personalized feedback is key for adherence.
Ongoing Communication and Accountability
Our doctors have access to patient app data. Patients can also message their doctor any questions or concerns via email, messages, or phone calls. Follow-up appointments allow for adjustments to medication dosage, diet plans, or exercise routines to improve results.
With this continuous two-way communication and accountability the patient feels supported in making difficult lifestyle changes, and the doctor can provide precision care by adjusting the plan based on the patient’s real-world data. This collaboration delivers successful outcomes.
Positive Outcomes for Employers and Employees
Care journeys provide measurable results by improving employees’ chronic condition management. With the care journeys, we can study and measure clinical outcomes like lower weight loss, reduced blood pressure, and increased medication compliance.
As a result of these positive outcomes for their employees, the employer will consequentially have a positive economic outcome directly related to the doctor-patient and direct care approach of Direct Med Clinic.
Additional benefits include:
- Moving employees from uncontrolled to controlled chronic conditions
- Decreasing employees’ cardiac risk levels
- Increasing employees’ life expectancy
- Reducing emergency room visits and hospitalizations
- Lowering prescription costs
- Decreasing short-term disability claims
- Increasing employee productivity
Over a 6-month care journey, we help get their chronic illness under control, then provide compelling data to showcase the health improvements and cost reductions.
The Direct Med Clinic Difference
What sets Direct Med Clinic apart is our patient-centered approach and application of technology. We combine human compassion with mobile apps, data analytics, and continuous remote monitoring. Our doctors develop a personal relationship with each patient and give them the tools to take control of their health for life.
Contact us today to learn how our innovative care journeys can reduce your employee healthcare costs and improve workforce productivity.
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