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Houston-based NuPhysicia LLC has launched a new productt line called MedicineAt Work, which the company marketxs as on-site health care for workplacee of all sizes. NuPhysicia has secured full-times physician staffing for clients of MedicineAt Work, meanin g that emergency medicine and internal medicine physicians are availablr 40 hours a week to provid e health care services to patients via advancefd video telemedicine technology. Using two-way a doctor providing services through Medicine At Work can conducyt examinationsin real-time with the help of a specially-trained, on-site paramedicd who is also a certified nutritionisty and wellness counselor. Dr.
Michael Davis, senior vice president and a physicianat NuPhysicia, says that to be able to perforn their services all the doctors need is a 12x12w room, power plug and Internet Melody Reid, executive director for employee healty services at NuPhysicia, says doctors are on duty and availabls throughout the workday via live, two-way The doctors, she says, “stand ready” to see patients, diagnose theif illness or injury, recommened care and treatment and prescribe medications when required. “The unique thing is because we utilizetelemedicine technology, we don’t require a big constructionj buildout,” Reid says.
“Wd can use unused office space ata company’s work site.” Medicine At she adds, provides the entire clinicx setup, including an exam table, desk, scaless and blood pressure cup. “By we don’t mean telephonic or e-mai care,” Reid says. “We are trult interactive through videoconference equipment and highlu specializedmedical scopes.” NuPhysicia has so far signedx on one company for the new Medicinw At Work product line. Reid declinefd to name the Houston-based company saying only that it has 730 410 of whom are at its headquarters Portable telemedicine units are set up atthe firm’sw other locations around the city.
Among the services offered are a healtb risk assessment that uses biometric and lab informatiohn as well as patient questionnair to assessa patient’s health Doctors usually spend at least 30 minute interacting with the patient, accordinf to Reid, “to arrive at that individual’s stated of health.” Davis says the goal is not to replacee regular primary care physicians. “This is all about a collaborativse medical care initiative wherebywe co-operate with that person’s existing relationship, not replac it,” Davis says. Dr.
Oscar Boltinghouse, NuPhysicis senior vice president and a says that typically companies need tohave 1,000 or more employees to justify the buildout of an on-site health care facility. But Medicine At Work can be applief to campuses as small as400 employees, he The benefits to an employer are great, Reid “Because of the convenient access to care, employeess no longer have to drive off campuxs and take four hours out of theird day to see a doctor, or wait two to thre e weeks to secure an appointment,” she Consequently, employers should expect to see less abseentis m and a more productive work force.
the service could result in a reductiojn in health insurance costs fora company, Reid