PATH – Patient Healthcare and Wellness Program

Having a supportive community is one of the six pillars of physical and emotional health. The PATH program has active patient communities where patients with a similar diagnosis or treatment meet virtually or in person.

PATH communities are not therapy groups, but rather a place for patients to share their experiences, knowledge, offer support, and laugh! Patients empower each other to stay motivated to live well realizing that living with a chronic condition can be hard – it’s a shared understanding focused on thriving.

Patients report benefiting from PATH communities whether they have a large outside network of support or are experiencing isolation.

Through the PATH Program’s Emergency Response Planning, patients will gain detailed knowledge of diagnoses, as well as current medications and side effects.

This information can further be shared with with their employers, family, friends, school, etc. in the event immediate actions are needed due to side effects and/or diagnosis.

Energy Budgeting is similar to financial budgeting. With money budgeting, you first pay the basic and most important bills for (ie: rent/mortgage, utilities, food, healthcare, etc.). Next, you save the remaining money for a later time/date in the future (ie: special events, vacation, investments, etc.)

Most patients with a life-changing diagnosis experience and change in their energy. For this reason, the practice of Energy Budgeting was created by River’s Edge Pharmacy and provides patients with tools and methods to effectively allocate and distribute their energy. Energy budgeting is a great tool for everyone but becomes crucial for patients with chronic diseases.

Active patients arrive at their appointments prepared with relevant questions based on documented symptoms, side effects, concerns, and positive outcomes. These patients engage in proactive health behaviors such as exercise, mindfulness, connection, good nutrition, health education, and accessing support.

Passive patients don’t take a role in their healthcare and treatment. Instead, they will expect their doctor(s) or specialist(s) to make all the decisions for them. This off-setting of responsibilities robs patients of their autonomy and freedom, and leads to deviating from their medication therapy. It may also result in risky health behaviors.

The PATH program centers all its efforts around the patient, and tailors the outcomes to his/her specific needs. The unique approach to patient empowerment comes from the personalized care and support to enhance the patient’s social, emotional, and physical health, followed by regular monitoring and updates.

Through disease/treatment literacy, along with in-depth explanation of clinical terminologies, PATH arms patients with the right questions to ask their doctors. This preparedness makes each visit more efficacious by providing better clarity on what to expect, and forges stronger relationships between the patients and their doctors. This partnership also helps doctors know how to better advocate on the behalf of the patients.

Each patient has the opportunity to attain personal equity and full health potential regardless of quality of life, severity of disease, access to treatment, disability, length of disease, or prognosis. This personal equity is achieved by the patient as well as immediate and easy access to the PATH program for River’s Edge Patients.

When beginning medication therapy, patients are given an individualized assessment and guidance through the help of the PATH program. This education mitigates anxiety and fears about their diseases and medications.

PATH encourages wellness through a mutually supportive environment which involves one-on-one interaction via a HIPAA-compliant, secure, online patient portal, phone calls, and/or email.

The ability to use courage and strength to face the adversity of a life-changing health diagnosis by engaging in community, mentorship, and persisting through challenges.

PATH’s approach to treatment adherence involves regular coaching, education, and monitoring of progress to ensure patients remain on track. PATH offers community resources as well as the ability to communicate with the River’s Edge clinical team if a patient reports a medical issue with their specialty medication treatment.

Interested in learning more about mitigating patient non-adherence? CLICK HERE to read how PATH and River’s Edge Pharmacy use a team approach.

A patient’s overall state of good mental, physical, and psychological health – regardless of condition(s), – which is achieved through practicing daily healthy habits that are appropriate for their disease. Using the online therapy monitoring platform, patients are able to accomplish wellness goals and track their progress, while being provided with guidance on their specific condition(s). PATH’s objective is to increase the patient’s ability to enjoy normal life activities, regardless of treatment.