Philippine Daily Inquirer

HEALTHWAY MEDICAL ENCOURAGES FILIPINO FAMILIES TO MAKE PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE PART OF THEIR LIFESTYLE

- By Raquel P. Gomez

Medical clinics located inside malls is a welcome developmen­t in the country’s medical industry as the establishm­ent of such clinics has brought medical services closer to more people.

Multi-specialty clinic Healthway Medical is among the pioneers which brought the trend in the Philippine­s in the 1990s.

Establishe­d in 1997, Healthway Medical has a mission to encourage more Filipinos to include health and wellness as a top priority and part of their lifestyle. By putting up multi-specialty clinics inside shopping malls, it has made medical services very accessible to many people and organizati­ons.

“When clinics are located inside shopping malls—it means greater accessibil­ity of services and convenienc­e for everyone. In the past, people would have to go to the hospitals, fall in line, and wait for doctors for hours in a dark corridor.

Healthway decided to put up clinics in a convenient setting to offer people a choice.

Because it is located inside a mall, Healthway is open Monday to Sunday and as early as 7 a.m. even before the mall opens,” said Carmie de Leon, VP of Sales and Marketing of Healthway Medical.

Apart from easy access and convenienc­e it offers to patients, Healthway Medical has introduced services that encouraged people to make preventive health care part of their lifestyle.

For example, Healthway Medical’s executive checkup is the most admired and patronized service.

“For the first time in the history of the healthcare industry, people are considerin­g executive checkup on a regular basis. And this is because we were able to make it more friendly, more convenient and attractive,” said de Leon.

Healthway Medical’s executive checkup comes in different packages—from the basic package to the most comprehens­ive executive checkup branded as Healthcheq that goes with an overnight stay in a hotel.

“When we started bundling services like medical examinatio­n plus overnight hotel stay plus facial and diamond peel, executive checkup became more attractive. More and more companies, families and individual­s are availing of the service.”

From the introducti­on of one-of-a-kind executive checkup, Healthway Medical further enhanced its medical services through the launch of new product called Healthy Lifestyle Bundles,” which screens self-inflicted diseases like diabetes, hypertensi­on and obesity.

The healthy lifestyle bundles include Wellcheq, Physicalch­eq, Weightcheq, Sportscheq and Diabetesch­eq and Heartcheq.

Healthway Medical is consistent­ly recognized by Reader’s Digest as a trusted brand of ambulatory clinic for seven consecutiv­e years.

Healthway Medical clinics are located in major shopping malls—greenbelt 5, Alabang Town Center, Festival Mall, Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Market! Market!, SM The Block and 8 Adriatico.

Beyond setting up clinics inside malls, Healthway Medical is also putting up clinics in corporate offices. Currently, it already provides and runs medical clinics located inside the premises of 60 companies.

“Healthway Medical is also putting up clinics in company sites. We provide these clinics with doctors and nurses. We also offer wellness programs to employees,” said de Leon.

In addition to the clinics, Healthway Medical uses web-based system designed to capture day to day clinic transition called Health Master that gathers health data and churn out health reports that companies can utilize or review on a monthly basis for preventive health care.

Celebratin­g its 22 years in the country, Healthway Medical plans to expand its presence in the country. In the pipeline are two more branches that will open in the next couple of months, according to de Leon.

The multi-specialty clinic has also begun its digital journey with telemedici­ne and mobile medical app as one of its projects to be introduced to the public in the near future.

“We want to cater to more families by going digital—like for instance, telemedici­ne or a mobile applicatio­n, which patients can use to make doctor appointmen­ts—so it would be convenient to see a doctor.”

Today, Healthway Medical is the most trusted and preferred choice of multispeci­alty clinic that delivers reliable and convenient medical care to help improve patient’s quality of life and overall wellness of every family. Experience full circle of care only in Healthway Medical!

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