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Physicians that practice family medicine at a central state have realized that good health and wellness is a very saleable commodity. Several years ago, doctors from the clinic sought to enable their patients to veer away from damaging lifestyle choices thus they started a unique wellness program that has already found itself being embraced by other towns and one of the founders added that it has the propensity to be adapted in other states as well.
The idea behind the said system is very simple according to the program's marketing representative. One of its aims is to help patients avoid grave diseases which are associated with lack of exercise and poor nutrition by teaching them the importance of working out and eating properly. Making sure that such program was implemented is a hard task for doctors that lacked the skills and training in nutrition. One doctor stated that he shares the same resentment with fellow doctors when it was time to ask patients to drink their medicine. He states that he can easily give patients advice on what to do but he still lacks the ability to make sure they espouse it regularly.
Being touted as the worst nutritionists was what doctors used to be but this is changing as many patients in this day and age seem to know more about this aspect of health than them. He adds that since many physicians lack the time, effort of experience in offering this kind of service to their patients, this then becomes another strong selling point. Doctors state that increasing awareness on cholesterol and other harmful health issues has assisted in marketing their health services.
By paying a minimal amount, affiliates, health organizations or institutions will be entitled to specialized manuals on effective and safe weight loss and the healthy heart program, the two main concepts of the wellness program. Part of the weight loss parcel includes consultation with a psychologist, physiologist for work outs and a diet specialist. Students who are part of the program for heart care are taught ways on how to manage cholesterol and avoid heart problems.
The fee is inclusive of all educational sessions, print manuals as well as guides on marketing the program in their own communities. Investors manage to recoup their initial capital contributions through the money they charge patients for their wellness services. The director of the program along with the psychological consultant have stated that the program will be close to being a turnkey system and be in full scale operation in a few months' time.
There are so many things that can be done to alter the patients' health habits but the doctors are too busy to make sure that these are strictly implemented. Some clinics have aerobics classes in their weight loss and health packages. The aerobics sessions are used to lure in more patients into the health program. The clinic gets publicity by teaching aerobics at the community high school that enables many individuals to join in.
Even if the school district was unable to implement a physical education program in grade school, the clinic was able to remedy this by teaching the importance of exercise and good nutrition while conducting aerobics sessions. Younger individuals value preventive efforts more than the remedial measures. The founding doctors who created the wellness medical program for their community were motivated to utilize this to lower the cases of costly surgeries and curative procedures.
