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"BioIQ is the first company to combine the convenience of home testingwith a proven program for engaging participants and following up withhigh-risk individuals via a complimentary health-coach service," said JustinBellante, CEO of BioIQ. "The entire process is managed as a single service:signing up participants, delivering test kits, presenting lab results, andsending reminders to keep people involved. We remove the barriers to gettingtested and give individuals convenient, practical resources for improvingtheir health."
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If recent health statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services are any indication, BioIQ's end-to-end health screeningprograms couldn't have come along at a better time. According to a 2007 study,25 percent of America's workforce has cardiovascular disease, 26 percenttested positive for high blood pressure, 30 percent suffer from highcholesterol, 38 percent are overweight and 6 percent are diabetic.
In an effort to reverse these alarming statistics, two thirds of all U.S.companies offer wellness programs that include smoking cessation programs,nutrition advice and gym memberships. What's lacking in these programs is hardbiometric data that employees can use as a yardstick to measure improvement.Many physicians recommend an A1c or Fasting Glucose test to screen fordiabetes and a complete cholesterol panel to reveal an individual's risk forheart disease. BioIQ lets employees and dependents conduct these tests(https://www.bioiq.com/products) at home by supplying a few drops of blood toa unique sample platform. After dropping the samples in the mail they areprocessed by a certified laboratory.
BioIQ's biometric screening programs (https://www.bioiq.com/m/how) beginwith a complete health risk assessment to put test results into a personalizedcontext. Results are presented to participants via personal health dashboards,securely accessible through BioIQ's informative website. Participants receivepractical advice on prevention, risk factors, and lifestyle changes toencourage good health.
In addition to easy-to-understand lab reports, each participant receives adiscussion form to share with his or her physician. They can call a healthcoach via a toll-free number if they have questions. To culminate the program,BioIQ generates aggregate reports that enable HR managers to see which riskfactors are most prevalent within their member populations, and to makecorresponding adjustments to their health care programs.
About BioIQ
Based in Santa Barbara, Calif., BioIQ (http://www.bioiq.com) is a healthcare information technology company that develops and markets medicaldiagnostic solutions through corporate, institutional and direct-to-consumerchannels. Customers use BioIQ products to monitor or screen for diabetes,cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, thyroid disorder, osteoporosis, andother chronic health conditions.
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