Kdi Health Solutions Rolls Out Nationally Recognized Preventive Health and Chronic Disease Management Programs Across the Carolinas

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KDI Health Solutions Rolls Out Nationally Recognized Preventive Health and Chronic Disease Management Programs Across the Carolinas

Raleigh, N.C. – KDI Health Solutions, an emerging regional provider of community-based preventive health care and chronic disease management programs, announced today the launch of its services throughout North Carolina and South Carolina.  KDI’s award winning network of PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy), residency-trained pharmacists provides a new health care services option to the thousands of employer groups and physician practices across the Carolinas. 

The KDI business model of deploying a team of highly skilled PharmD clinicians began with the “The Asheville Project”, a nationally recognized diabetes patient care program created for the city of Asheville, North Carolina. This revolutionary community-based program is generating measurable success; health care costs have dropped, fewer work days are being missed and city employees and retirees are living healthier lives.

Asheville City leaders confirm the dramatic results. “The adoption of the pharmaceutical care program is the best thing we have ever done for our group health plan,” says John Miall, former risk manager for the City of Asheville.  “Employees with life threatening diseases are healthier than they’ve ever been, and the city’s health plan has saved more than $2,000 in medical costs per patient each year.”

 “Employers are seeing a significant return on investment from our mobile, worksite-based health care services,” says Rebecca Chater, president of KDI Health Solutions. “Employer groups are proactively identifying and reducing immediate and longer term employee health care costs before they happen, while physician practices are providing more patient care in less time with better outcomes – it’s a true win-win for everyone in the health care ecosystem.”

The KDI employer program improves workplace productivity and reduces health care costs by providing a menu of worksite-based preventive and chronic disease management services: flu and pneumonia immunizations, health screenings and fairs, and private one-on-one counseling on medicine use and behavior modification. 

KDI provides employers with a powerful health risk assessment solution called Know Your Number® that predicts the risk of their employee population developing chronic, obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, stroke and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Using the Know Your Number® technology, KDI provides each employee with a confidential, easy-to-read report that not only predicts the onset of chronic diseases, but also educates them on the steps they can take to lower their risk.  Employers receive an aggregate report that enables them to focus health and wellness programs on the disease states prevalent in their workforce population and therefore proactively reduce health care costs.

In addition to employer groups, KDI also has a strong track record of helping physician practices provide more patient care in less time with better outcomes.  The KDI network of community-based PharmD professionals has provided American Diabetes Association recognized diabetes treatment programs to hundreds of physician referred patients, handles overflows for patient immunizations (e.g. flu shots, pneumonia and shingles) and is a reliable source for drug therapy support.

Physician practices partnering with KDI are seeing measurable results. Patrick Guiteras, MD with Chapel Hill Family Practice credits the program with making his practice more cost effective and helping his patients stay on track. “KDI provides diabetes education for our Medicare population.  A more educated patient allows us to spend more time focused on care and treating the disease.”

KDI’s innovative approach to diabetes treatment and drug therapy management is receiving accolades from industry experts. The company has been named the 2008 North Carolina Diabetes Association Provider of the Year, and last year was selected as the Outcomes Pharmaceutical Healthcare National Medication Therapy Management Provider of the Year.

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About KDI Health Soltutions

Raleigh-based KDI Health Solutions is an emerging provider of preventive health and chronic disease management services to employer groups and physician practices.

KDI’s award winning workforce of PharmD, residency-trained pharmacists provides real community-based health care solutions to improve the health outcomes of employer and physician populations. KDI services include flu, shingles and pneumonia immunizations, health screenings and fairs, disease education programs and personalized counseling on medicine use and behavior modification.