Overcoming the challenges of the metabolic health of America will not be easy. Finding innovative ways to provide targeted care for those classified as obese or who suffer from diabetes or prediabetes take on greater importance.
In this spirit, Saint Thomas ascent The Tennessee health system has entered a Strategic joint venture with Pathpoint HealthA metabolic care provider, to help people prevent and manage these conditions.
The first two centers of the partnership will open in June 2025 in Nashville and Murfreesboro, offering medical care, exercise and nutritional planning, advice on lifestyle, advanced diagnostic assessments and care coordination – all in a specialized practice. The services will be provided by a hybrid model of visits in person and virtual, covered by insurance, ensuring that patients have access to practical and affordable care.
The challenges of metabolic health affect a large part of the American population, with more than 42% of adults classified as obese, around 11% diagnosed with diabetes and another living with prediabetes, according to organizations. Despite these figures, many always consider chronic conditions as isolated health problems rather than interconnected problems that share underlying risk factors for heart disease, stroke and other complications.
The approach of Pathpoint Health emphasizes collaboration with the existing primary and specialized care providers of a patient. This coordination guarantees transparent integration into the overall health care plan of the patient, which leads to an improvement in results thanks to coherent management and personalized and personalized treatment strategies
The first two centers will be located near the Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown ascent and Saint Thomas Rutherford Ascension. Additional sites are planned in the middle of Tennessee in the next 12 to 36 months.