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The WatchWT Intermediate Practice Solution is a patient-centered, physician-guided solution for individual patient obesity assessment and implementation of energy-balance counseling in physician practices. This practice solution is designed to fulfill the minimum requirements for patient weight management as recently indicated the  National Commission for Quality Assurance (NCQA), American Dietetic Association (ADA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) without placing burden on staff or operational resources in the physician practice.

WatchWT Intermediate Benefits

• Patient-centered weight management
• Detailed program for integrating patient education/counseling
• Easily integrates into existing primary care practice routines

• Increase practice revenue                        

Initiate a systematic and cost-effective program with watch Wt Intermediate.

WatchWT Intermediate provides primary care practices with an highly efficient and reimbursable model for obesity assessment and basic patient weight management counseling. The WatchWT Intermediate Practice Solution consists of a unique combination of WatchWT Intermediate PracticeWare™, Microlife’s WatchWT MedGem^® device, and MedGem Analyzer software.

WatchWT Intermediate PracticeWare provides details for clinical staff workflow, obesity evaluation protocol, structured patient training, weight management counseling protocols and documentation, and recommended billing and reimbursement procedures.

Numerous studies point to the benefits of physician involvement in patient weight management. however, less than 40% of obese patients are counseled on weight reduction. Most physicians believe treating obesity is difficlt, in-effective,not cost effective and burdensome on practice time.

WatchWT Intermediate Practice Solutions address many of these barriers by delivering individualized obesity assessment and and systematic energy-balance program from a patient’s unique Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR).

• Patient-centered nutrition/activity plan that promotes patient-self-management.
• Didactic educational program that can be delivered individually or in a shared medical visit.
• Patient self-assessment questionnaires and professional scoring guide to help physicians adjust treatment options.
• Ancillary educational materials for patient and clinic staff.