The Advantage Program hardware is one of the most advanced health monitoring stations commercially available today, the LC500. A true enhancement of conventional blood pressure monitors, the LC500 incorporates Internet connectivity (to store saved results in a universally accessible database), data security and the feedback process. The LC500 also features a compact modular, eye-catching design, ensuring flexibility in placement, ease-of-maintenance and many years of useful service.

At the “heart” of the unit is the measurement of blood pressure, pulse rate, weight, and the calculation of body mass index. Available options include the measurement of body fat (using the bioimpedence method) and blood oxygen levels, powerful tools in the management of the growing trend in obesity and lung-related diseases such as asthma.thma.

The LC500 also supports the uploading of data from popular personal health management devices such as glucose meters, pedometers and respiratory meters, all crucial in supporting wellness and chronic disease programs. A wide range of peripherals are available: printer, barcode reader, magnetic stripe reader and access ports such as IR, USB, and WiFi ensure quick response to any future healthcare need.

At the self-care level, embracing the Consumer Directed Health Care movement, individuals can automatically save their test results to a HIPAA-compliant personal health record (“PHR“) at lifeclinic by simply scanning their corporate ID card. The PHR can be securely accessed and maintained via the Internet anytime, anywhere.

Should your company already have a wellness program, employee biometric data can easily be transferred transparently and securely between the LC500 and any company Disease Management or Wellness application. If your company is looking for a formal program... Lifeclinic can help! Lifeclinic’s proprietary Web-based product, Group- Stat, offers both group and individual data management capabilities. On the group side, aggregate usage statistics may be viewed by the company’s program administrator. Statistics include the number of participating employees and average blood pressure separated into the four categories recommended by the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure as well as heart rate, weight, body fat and blood oxygen levels and much, much more.vels and much, much more.

For employers offering medically-based disease management and coaching programs, Group-Stat delivers individual member data and compliance reporting in both tabular and graphic formats all specifically designed to effectively and efficiently manage a specific member to better health levels.r health levels.

The combination of disease-specific information, automatic data-logging and graphical displays provided by lifeclinic and the capabilities of Group-Stat forms the basis for both self-care and managed-care programs, all keys to improving health and wellness levels.

While Lifeclinic’s hardware and software clearly differentiate the program from any other, employer- specific branding underwrites the corporate commitment to improving health levels in several ways: commitment to improving health levels in several ways: