Physical Therapy Now Available at ZoomCare Clinics

 

March 7, 2013-- ZoomCare, the innovative healthcare company that is building the world's first neighborhood clinic and smart phone-based healthcare delivery system has launched  Physical Therapy services at its Downtown [900 SW 5 th Ave.] and East Burnside [2400 East Burnside] clinics. Patients who seek high quality treatment for aches and pains, "weekend warrior" mishaps, chronic low-back pain, pre and post orthopedic surgery care and a wide array of skeletal and joint problems can now receive total care: diagnosis, medical treatment and physical therapy from ZoomCare.   Some key facts that create the ZoomCare PT difference: Convenient Hours and Locations:

• The ZoomCare Downtown clinic will have PT available Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 AM to 3 PM.
• The ZoomCare East Burnside clinic will have PT available Tuesday and Thursday from 1 PM to 8 PM.
• Fair, Flat Price: ZoomCare’s fair, flat pricing is now available for PT. Insured customers pay their PT co-pay.
• Team-Based PT: ZoomCare Providers and the PT Specialists work together as one integrated team.
• Personalized Care: Patients receive dedicated one-on-one 45-minute sessions with a licensed PT Specialist.
• Internet Connected: ZoomCare immediately emails a personalized home exercise program to patients who have access to their medical records via a secure patient portal.

“ZoomCare customers have been asking us for years to offer a PT service with all the convenience, quality and low cost features they love about ZoomCare everyday care,” said Dave Sanders MD, Co-founder and Co-CEO of ZoomCare. “PT is a great fit for Portland’s active, outdoor community.”

The ZoomCare Story* (* Note: “Sarah” is the shorthand way we refer to the patient to whom ZoomCare caters)    Before 2006, when “Sarah” had a need for urgent medical attention – the choices were not great:

•  If she called her doctor’s office, chances were that she couldn’t get an appointment right away...and might not for several days.
• If she went to the emergency room at the local hospital...it was overcrowded and expensive (for her and the system).
• If she showed up at the urgent care center, chances were she got a number and had to wait for hours to be seen.

ZoomCare changed all that.   Starting in 2006 “Sarah” could ask for a same day appointment and be seen by a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician assistant at ZoomCare’s first neighborhood clinic.   ZoomCare pioneered “healthcare on demand” and patients liked this new idea. Two clinics grew to 13 neighborhood clinics in Oregon, three in Seattle, Washington, one in Vancouver, Washington and one in Boise, Idaho.   Today “Sarah” has her choice of 18 modern ZoomCare clinics where she and her family can get complete primary care – blood tests, x-rays, medical exams and the medicine she needs – for a broad range of illnesses, injuries and preventive care.   And patients at ZoomCare get the advantage of advanced technology in setting their appointments and reading lab results on a handheld device:

• If “Sarah” wakes up on Saturday and needs to go to the doctor’s office, she gets on her computer to use “live scheduler” to pick the time and most convenient clinic for her exam.
• “Sarah’s” lab results will be sent immediately to her computer or smart phone using secure technology and a doctor or physician assistant can hand her the medicines she needs, saving her the time of a separate pharmacy visit.
• “Sarah” knows what the visit will cost – and she will use her insurance or self-pay option, thereby avoiding any follow-up bills. 

Portland, Oregon based ZoomCare is a privately-held company started in 2006 by David Sanders M.D. and Albert DiPiero M.D.

For more information visit our website at www.ZoomCare.com and www.Facebook.com/ZoomCare ###