Why Wellness Management ?
"...We recommend screening for diabetes every three years for men with obesity, previous elevated glucose levels, a family history of diabetes, or other diabetic risk factors"
- a health recommendation
Today, most doctors provide their patients with guidelines for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. These suggestions usually take the form of a few pages of paper given to the patient during one or more visits to the doctor. The guidelines printed on these pages focus on the relevant areas specific to the patient’s age group and medical conditions with regard to suggested health Immunizations, health screening tests and lifestyle best practices that the patient should follow to ensure a healthy life.
“Keep your immunizations up to date. If you have asthma, you should receive a yearly flu shot and consider a vaccination to protect you from pneumococcal pneumonia, the most common form of fatal pneumonia.”
The patient always recognizes and understands the essence of these “wellness recommendations” that the doctor has provided. However, in the day to day management of their health, patients do not have a convenient way to track the implementations of all the lifestyle recommendations, timely screening tests as suggested and immunizations schedules as required. The “on paper” guidelines more often then not land up being misplaced and ignored in course of time.
"...Eat a diet containing less than 30% of calories from fat(read food labels) and high in fresh fruits and vegetables. Try to attain and maintain an ideal weight"
- a lifestyle recommendation
FollowUpMD™ WellnessCentre™ is a wellness management software application that empowers the Patient with the ability to document and store the “wellness recommendations” in a systematic way. The software application integrates with the patient health record (PHR) and provides the patient with automated reminders and alerts in a timely manner by processing these recommendations against the health profile and generating “wellness reports”. WellnessCentre™ is a value-added tool for the patient to achieve and maintain a very healthy lifestyle.
For healthcare providers, FollowUpMD WellnessCentre™ is a more strategic way to assessing their patients and their marketplace, and then adjusting their services and programs to meet these needs. This ensures a constant engagement with the patient through the wellness and disease management programs. It also shifts healthcare organizations away from geographic market assessments and perspectives to become more customer-focused and driven.
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