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August 2012 Keeping In Touch |
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This is such an exciting time for DPS Health and all of our partners dedicated to improving how the healthcare industry delivers behavior change and weight loss interventions.
I founded DPS Health more than 8 years ago to be part of a revolution to move the focus of healthcare delivery to keeping large numbers of people well rather than providing treatment once a person is sick. Our fundamental idea was online interventions that effectively and efficiently provide education, goal setting, planning, and tracking combined with support from a clinician when needed would foment this revolution.
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Virtual Lifestyle Management™
You have probably already heard about VLM, the only online version of the proven effective Diabetes Prevention Program. VLM continues to prove successful with a variety of partners including health plans, large healthcare organizations, physician groups, employee wellness and public health organizations.
· Click here to read Real Weight Loss, Virtual Coaching, the story of GEHA health plan offering VLM for the past 3 years, and their plan to offer the intervention to many thousands more members in 2013.
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In addition to VLM, the team at DPS Health uses our years of experience and propriety online behavior change platform to develop interventions for partners looking for proven effective web-based weight loss interventions.
We have spent the past 3 years working with Chicago-based Kao Health and Nutrition (a division of a large Japanese company - KAO Corporation) to develop their 26 week Qupio™ online lifestyle management program. The Qupio™ program, developed for overweight people who have or are at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, is unique in that it develops a fully customized diet and exercise plan for users based on their behaviors and attitudes.
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Quipo™
KHN is currently recruiting users for the 2nd pilot of the program. They are looking for individuals to enroll in the program, as well as health care providers to refer patients to the program. The 6-month pilot is currently being offered for free to any user who enrolls and completes a short survey after 2 months. Enrollment is limited, and is only open until the end of August.
· If you know anyone who might be interested in joining Qupio, or if you are a health care provider who wants to refer patients send them to go to hcp.qupio-pilot.com
· If you are a healthcare provider we can also send you pamphlets you can give to patients or put in your waiting room.
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Please don't hesitate to email me with questions about any of the programs DPS Health or our partners offer. We have online weight loss interventions that are ready to enroll users in as little as 6 weeks, or we can develop new custom interventions using our efficient and scalable platform.
In Good Health,
Neal
Ps DPS Health is actively recruiting part-time VLM coaches to help support a very large scale roll-out of VLM beginning January 2013. Click here to Learn more about the program. Please forward the link to anyone you think might be interested in a part-time online coaching position.
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