It seemed appropriate for me to follow up with part 2 of my experience with a new wellness focused medical practice called Turntable Health, an operating partner of Iora Health. In case you missed part 1 of the journey, you can find it here.
Walking into the clinic, there was a different feel. It felt more like walking into a local coffee shop than going for a doctors appointment. The lobby was so inviting that I wondered if some in the community used it as a place to go and work on occasion. I spend a fair amount of time in the Downtown Las Vegas tech community, so it wasn’t a surprise that I actually knew a few of the people in the lobby. So, I was able to connect with some friends while I waited for my appointment.
The check in process was simple and I was invited back by my health coach. In this case the health coach acted very much like an MA or nurse in a regular medical office, but the feel was more friendly an casual. We both knew we had an hour together so there wasn’t the usual frenetic pace the accompanied a doctors office.
I had a couple paper forms to sign (yes, the signature is still often easier on paper), but no major health history to fill out or anything like that. They had a one question survey that I think was about my current state of wellness. Over the hour the health coach did ask many of the questions that would be on a normal health history form and key them into the Iora EHR system. It was a unique approach since it gave me the opportunity to talk about the things as we went through them and many of the things we talked about (ie. my family health history) came up later in my conversation with the doctor.
The exam room looked quite a bit like any other exam room you might visit. The colors and lighting were nice and they had little touches like this local art work display in the exam room (see picture below). It’s kind of interesting to think about a doctor’s office as a kind of local art gallery.
At one point in the conversation with my health coach, we talked a bit about fitness tracking and she quickly emailed me some fitness apps that she liked. Little did she know that I write about such apps and that industry for a living on Smart Phone Healthcare. It also illustrated how much of a need there is for someone to be a trusted content curator of the 30k+ mobile health apps out there. Especially if we want healthcare providers to make a dent in actual usage of these to improve our wellness.
After completing her assessment, my health coach left the room and came …read more
