DPC for Employee Health
Disengaged Employees
We get it. Americans keep gaining weight and racking up chronic disease. What’s the point of spending all this money?
How do we achieve 75% engagement and less prescriptions with our groups? Hope.
1. Listen, Then Speak Their Language
Hormones, Gut Health, Depression, Weight Loss, No More Prescriptions.
These are the topics we most often hear about from employees that are being ignored by the traditional healthcare system. Be sure your employees’ care team can address these problems from a root cause, and you’ll see engagement climb.
2. More Time = Better Relationship = More Trust
The average person spends 20 minutes a year with their healthcare provider. In the direct primary care model, the average is 120- 240 minutes.
Does this mean employees are leaving work more? Actually the opposite. With telehealth, texting, and phone calls, we are as connected as ever and have 0 wait times.
In fact, averaging 6 healthcare touchpoints per year for those experiencing anxiety and depression, demonstrated over $1,800 in increased productivity with 5.4 fewer missed work days per month than the control.
3. Educate
So many barriers are wiped away when we remove the misconceptions your employees’ have grown up hearing:
“Mom had diabetes, so I’ll have diabetes.”
“Dad died young of heart disease, so I’m screwed anyway.”
When the truth is:
- We can now predict diabetes 10 years before the onset.
- Diabetes can be reversed just in 3 weeks with a lower carb diet.
- Genetics only influence 30% of your outcomes.
- You can assess 10 year risk of a major cardiac event for just $99 at your local hospital and reduce heart disease risk with simple solutions like Omega 3s, short walks, and sauna use at your local YMCA.