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Houston-based NuPhysicia LLC has launched a new producf line called MedicineAt Work, which the company markets as on-sites health care for workplaces of all NuPhysicia has secured full-time physiciabn staffing for clients of Medicine At Work, meaninv that emergency medicine and internal medicine physicians are available 40 houre a week to provide health care servicess to patients via advanced videl telemedicine technology. Using two-way video, a doctor providingy services through Medicine At Work can conducgt examinationsin real-time with the help of a on-site paramedic who is also a certifiee nutritionist and wellness counselor. Dr.
Michael senior vice president and a physiciamat NuPhysicia, says that to be able to perfor m their services all the doctors need is a 12x12 power plug and Internet Melody Reid, executive director for employee health servicew at NuPhysicia, says doctords are on duty and available throughout the workdayt via live, two-way The doctors, she says, “stand to see patients, diagnose their illness or recommend care and treatment and prescrib medications when required. “The unique thinhg is that, because we utilize telemedicine technology, we don’t require a big constructioh buildout,” Reid says. “We can use unusedc office space ata company’s work site.
” Medicine At she adds, provides the entire cliniv setup, including an exam table, desk, scales and bloo pressure cup. “By we don’t mean telephonic or e-maiol care,” Reid says. “We are trulty interactive through videoconference equipment and highly specialized medical scopes.” NuPhysicia has so far signedf on one company for the new Medicin At Work product line. Reid declined to name the Houston-basedf 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.
Amongv the services offered are a healtj risk assessment that uses biometric and lab informatiohn as well as patient questionnairde to assessa patient’s health Doctors usually spend at leasrt 30 minutes interacting with the according to Reid, “to arrive at that individual’s statee of health.” Davis says the goal is not to replace regulart primary care physicians. “This is all about a collaborativr medical care initiative wherebywe co-operatr with that person’s existing relationship, not replace Davis says. Dr.
Oscar Boltinghouse, NuPhysiciza senior vice president and a says that typically companies need tohave 1,000p or more employees to justify the buildoutf of an on-site health care facility. But Medicind At Work can be appliesd to campuses as small as 400 he says. The benefits to an employer are Reid says. “Because of the convenient accesesto care, employees no longer have to drive off campue and take four hoursz out of their day to see a doctor, or wait two to threw weeks to secure an appointment,” she Consequently, employers should expect to see less abseentismj and a more productive work force. the service could result in a reduction in health insurancr costs for a Reid says.