Hunter Rehabilitation Lands $40k Funding With Telehealth Pitch

In a quest to deliver evidence-based exercise programsto more Cystic Fybrosis patients, AEP Ryan McCathie from Hunter Rehabilitationand Health in Australia recently landed $40,000 in funding from local PrimaryHealth Networks.

Ryan started Hunter Rehabilitation and Health inNewcastle in July 2016 after returning from a stint at Great Ormond StreetChildren’s Hospital in London.

“We have a passion for using exercise as medicine andbelieve that exercise is the most effective yet underutilised treatment forCystic Fybrosis and COPD clients”, explains Ryan.

“Access to quality healthcare is still a majorchallenge for patients living remotely, so during the pitch we needed todemonstrate how we were going to deliver large scale exercise programs topatients living across New South Wales in rural and remote regions.

We had already been using Physitrack in our clinic forover a year and seen a significant increase in client adherence to their exerciseprograms. Clients absolutely love the free client app and GP’s know us as ‘theclinic using that cool app with their clients’. 

When we had the opportunity to pitch for this fundingwe used Physitrack front and center to show how easy-to-use technology candeliver our exercise programs state-wide supported by Telehealth video calls.The audience loved the fact Physitrack even lets us live stream exercise videosduring a Telehealth call to make sure clients feel 100% confident about how todo their exercises.

We were obviously stoked to receive funding for ourprogram to help us do what we love best: help clients best manage theircondition and get the most out of live!”