07/07/2022

MichiCare Partners with Kaizenovate to Improve Healthcare Through Patient Mobile Technology

Kanvas App Designed to Support Patients in Their Adherence to Chiropractic Treatment Plans

By:      Donald M. Reno, DC

            Executive Director, MichiCare

In this rapidly evolving era of technology, the chiropractic industry has seen a shift in the way chiropractors engage their communities and help patients achieve optimal outcomes.

Healthcare providers have long struggled with patients not adhering to prescribed treatment plans, including not attending scheduled clinic visits (no-show appointments range from 19 - 42%) or prematurely terminating treatment against the advice of their provider (self-discharge).

A groundbreaking tech study by Kaizenovate (see more information below) has found that chiropractic patients were more likely to adhere to their prescribed treatment plans when using the Kanvas App than patients who did not download the app. In multiple studies, treatment adherence success has been shown to improve patient outcomes. The introduction of this digital accountability partner will revolutionize musculoskeletal health.

MichiCare, the MAC’s wholly owned subsidiary whose goal is to provide a comprehensive line of superior insurance products and administrative services tailored to the unique needs of the chiropractic profession, has partnered with Kaizenovate to offer the Kanvas app to their partner chiropractors. Using Kaizenotave’s proprietary technology, the Kanvas app provides optimized solutions for a FRACTION of what other apps cost.

Improving healthcare through technology, Kaizenovate developed the Kanvas App to support patients in their adherence to chiropractic and physiotherapy treatment plans. In addition to providing scheduling requests and patients’ specific home exercise video library, the platform promotes patient engagement through gamification, providing points every time a patient attends their visits, which can be redeemed for healthcare products and services designed to maximize patient outcomes.

“A patient’s adherence to the recommendations of their healthcare provider is the primary determinant of treatment success, often critical when the prescribed healthcare treatment involves chiropractic and physiotherapy to treat acute, subacute, and chronic musculoskeletal pain,” said Dr. Jay Greenstein, CEO of Kaizenovate. “Historical evidence suggests that two-thirds of patients involved in treatment programs including physiotherapy are not adherent with their prescribed treatment plans. But now, we’ve proven that the use of a mobile app can have a transformative impact on adherence. Having created a digital accountability partner will significantly move the needle for musculoskeletal health.”

Kanvas app benefits and features include:

• New Patient Acquisition
• Improve Patient Adherence
• Patient Scheduling
• Video Home Exercise Integration
• Internal Referral Automation
• One Touch Connection with Your Practice
• And MORE!

Find out more and schedule a demo here: www.michicare.org/kanvas

Study Shows Mobile App Improves Treatment Adherence Success in Patients

A first-of-its-kind study by Kaizenovate has proven that technology can step in to fill this gap, with digital health interventions like the newly developed Kanvas App significantly improving the treatment adherence success rate in chiropractic and physiotherapy patients. The Kanvas App was the basis of the Kaizenovate study, which proved that it could drive significantly greater care plan adherence for those who utilized the app.

The study compared adherence to prescribed physical health treatment among more than 4,000 patients attending multiple chiropractic rehabilitation clinics who did and did not choose to adopt a mobile app to complement their treatment. Patients who downloaded the mobile app exhibited greater rates of completing their prescribed therapy visits than patients who did not download the app.

For patients who self-discharged from care, the Kanvas App users had greater adherence to the treatment plans, with an increase of kept prescribed visits at 70% more than those who did not download the app.

The full study is available here.

Find out more and schedule a demo here: www.michicare.org/kanvas

About MichiCare

MichiCare is a wholly owned subsidiary of the MAC, whose goal is to provide a comprehensive line of superior insurance and specialty products tailored to the unique needs of the chiropractic profession, delivered at the lowest possible cost. Governed by a nine-person Board of Trustees – all MAC members – MichiCare is committed to keeping the profession’s valuable financial assets in the profession while creating a self-funded insurance company owned by the chiropractic profession! This is truly a landscape-altering endeavor that will benefit the chiropractic profession throughout the country!

MichiCare services include:

• MichiCare Services Organization (MSO): A management services organization designed with the special needs of chiropractors in mind, MSO offers turn-key solutions for new and existing chiropractic practices and helps practices thrive in the ever-changing health care environment of the 21st Century.
• AmeriProtect Insurance Options: MichiCare offers a comprehensive line of insurance options for home and business through AmeriProtect. These options are custom tailored to meet the unique needs of the chiropractic profession and delivered at the lowest possible cost. AmeriProtect has options for health, life, and business
• Other MichiCare services include verification of benefits, credit card processing and a partnership with Chiropractic Federal Credit Union for banking and loans.

For more information on MichiCare, AmeriProtect, or the MichiCare Services Organization, contact Wes Hoffrichter at wes@chiromi.com or (517) 367-2225.

About Kaizenovate

Led by Dr. Jay Greenstein, Kaizenovate is a consulting and technology company that builds long-lasting mobile tech solutions for clients and the population at large. The company's mission is to improve healthcare through technology.

About the Kanvas App

The Kanvas App is a customized private practice app designed for patient engagement with their specific health care provider. The initial screen includes various tiles in which the patient can engage with the office. These tiles include contact us, about us, refer a friend, request an appointment, review us, and home exercise. In addition, a built-in gamification system, the rewards tile, was designed to reward the patient for attending their scheduled clinic appointments. This feature is Office of Inspector General compliant, offering an item as a reward valued at US $15 once the patient completed 12 prescribed visits or was provider-discharged. This feature documents a running total of the number of clinic visits that the patient had attended. The feature is patient-directed, where they scan a QR code at the front desk of the clinic at every visit. When the patient reaches 12 prescribed visits or is provider-discharged, they are eligible for a reward.

Source: PRWEB Press Release, “Mobile App Improves Treatment Adherence Success in Patients, Groundbreaking Tech Study Finds,” February 3, 2022