As a medical practitioner, you have probably experienced the hassle of managing a physical inventory. HealthWave’s Smart Dispensary promises to help you with their new approach, transforming your traditional dispensary into a virtual platform.
“Our goal is to make it easy for practitioners to prescribe and fill nutraceutical protocol,” says Kyle Braatz, the CEO of HealthWave. “Practitioners use this software to write prescriptions, patients use this software to fill these prescriptions and we handle everything else.”
HealthWave was founded in 2012, and Braatz says it is a brainchild of his co-founder’s wife, who is a naturopathic doctor. After starting her own practice, she faced some challenges, such as not being able to create a comprehensive protocol, feeling like she had to prescribe what was on her shelf, rather than what was best for her patients. That’s when Braatz together with his co-founders Brad Dyment and Chris Wise realized the need to create a tool that would benefit both practitioners and their patients.
This is how it works. You start by making a product recommendation to your patient accompanied by a personal message, instructions and any other relevant documents, which are then sent to your patient’s email.
If your patient is not tech-savvy, they can check out in your clinic using a computer, laptop or tablet or call the HealthWave ordering line from the comfort of their homes. Once the purchase is complete, it’s processed by HealthWave, the funds are transferred to the appropriate parties (practitioners, vendors, etc) and the order is shipped to your patient’s door. HealthWave is absolutely free to join and it takes only a few minutes to sign up. A recently introduced feature also allows you to invite other practitioners and staff members of your clinic to join your HealthWave account.
According to Braatz, the goal of HealthWave is not only to save your time when it comes to writing an efficient protocol, but also to help your patients who will have all your product recommendations stored in one place. Complementary shipping is offered for orders over $125 and on every patient’s first order in the US. The order usually ships within three business days.
According to Braatz, HealthWave helps take a more integrative approach to healthcare, as the platform provides a smart way to prescribe and fill a more integrative protocol.
“It’s replacing this traditional in-house dispensary, letting the doctors focus on their patients’ health rather than managing an inventory.”
