- WELL expects to announce another record performance for total patient interactions1 of ~1.4 million in Q1-2023 reflecting a YoY increase of approximately 27%, primarily driven by organic growth.
- WELL also achieved combined 975,500 patient visits2 in Canada and the United States for Q1-2023, an increase of 25% as compared to Q1-2022.
- WELL's patient interactions1 and patient visits2 metrics are an important leading indicator to demonstrate the health of WELL's operational and financial performance.
VANCOUVER, BC, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL) (OTCQX: WHTCF) ("WELL" or the "Company"), a digital health company focused on positively impacting health outcomes by leveraging technology to empower healthcare practitioners and their patients globally, is pleased to provide a preview of the volume of its patient visit and interactions in Q1-2023.
WELL achieved a total of 1,397,353 patient interactions1 in Q1-2023, a year-over-year increase of 27% compared to Q1-2022 and representing 5.6 million patient interactions on an annualized run-rate basis. This was primarily driven by strong organic growth across all of WELL's business units.
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Q1-2022
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Q4-2022
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Q1-2023
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Canada Patient Visits3
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441,445
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491,148
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503,735
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US Patient Visits3
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337,465
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450,335
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471,765
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Technology Interactions
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318,797
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411,765
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421,853
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Total Patient Interactions
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1,097,707
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1,353,248
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1,397,353
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WELL's Canadian Patient Services business which includes primary care, specialty, allied care, executive health, and diagnostic care accounted for a total of 503,735 patient visits2 across Canada in Q1-2023, representing an increase of 14% as compared to Q1-2022.
WELL achieved 471,765 patient visits2 in the Company's US Patient Services business in Q1-2023, an increase of 40% compared to Q1-2022. WELL's US Patient Services businesses include CRH Medical, Circle Medical and Wisp. Growth in US Patient Visits was primarily driven by organic growth in Circle Medical and Wisp businesses, in addition to acquisitions by CRH over the past year.
Hamed Shahbazi, Founder and CEO of WELL commented, "Our impressive care provider and technology teams turned in another outstanding performance in Q1, collectively delivering another record quarter of results of exceptional care as evidenced by our industry leading high NPS scores. Organic growth continues to be a significant contributor to our overall growth, with Q1 being the 5th consecutive quarter of double-digit organic growth. We are now on a run-rate of 5.6 million synchronous and asynchronous patient interactions which reflects truly impressive scale and reach."
Footnotes
- Patient Interactions are defined as Patient Visits plus Technology Interactions.
- Patient visits are defined by any interaction a patient has with a WELL practitioner through all sources and channels. This includes also diagnostic testing consultations or any asynchronous physician consultations.
- Patient visit metrics for prior periods, Q1-2022 and Q4-2022, have been restated to align with new segmentation based on Canadian Patient Services and US Patient Services operating segments. Diagnostic patient visits performed by MyHealth and False Creek Wellness are now included in Canadian Patient visits, while Wisp's asynchronous patient visits are now included in US Patient visits. Patient bookings only conducted by various technology providers such as OceanMD, Adracare, and Insig are now reported under Technology Interactions. Technology Interactions does not include the many millions of patient interactions supported by WELL's EMR Group or family of digital health apps such as the OceanMD patient engagement platform.
WELL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Per: "Hamed Shahbazi"
Hamed Shahbazi
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director
About WELL Health Technologies Corp.
WELL is a practitioner-focused digital healthcare company. WELL's overarching mission is to positively impact health outcomes by leveraging technology to empower healthcare practitioners and their patients globally. WELL exists to enable healthcare practitioners with best-in-class technology and services. WELL has built the most comprehensive end-to-end healthcare system across Canada including the nation's largest network of clinics supporting primary care, specialized care, and diagnostics services. In the United States, WELL provides omni-channel healthcare services and solutions targeting specialized markets such as the gastrointestinal market, women's health, primary care, and mental disorders. In addition to providing patient services, WELL develops, integrates, and sells its own suite of technology software and solutions to medical clinics and healthcare practitioners. WELL's practitioner enablement platform includes: Electronic Medical Records ("EMR"), telehealth platforms, practice management, billing, Revenue Cycle Management ("RCM"), digital health apps and data protection solutions. WELL is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "WELL" and on the OTC Exchange under the symbol "WHTCF". To learn more about the Company, please visit: www.well.company.
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