Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. Partners with Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. (HDL, Inc.), a CAP accredited leader in health management, has joined the Executive Committee of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), a national organization committed to the advancement of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH).

"The value and goals of Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. align closely with those of the PCPCC," said Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, PCPCC president. "HDL, Inc.'s advanced testing and customized disease management tools supports coordinated, patient-centered care, a hallmark of the medical home. A fierce champion of the medical home and the Triple Aim, HDL, Inc. will be a fine addition to our Executive Committee."

"The PCMH model emphasizes the effective management of high risk and chronic disease," said Tonya Mallory, president & CEO of HDL, Inc. "Our laboratory provides advanced testing, personal health plans, customized dietary and exercise plans, and personal health coaching services that are critical to successful implementation of health promotion and prevention initiatives within a physician's practice to enable the PCMH approach for patient care."

HDL, Inc. joins a distinguished group of experienced executives who serve on the PCPCC Executive Committee, representing the following leading organizations: Aetna; Alere; American Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Physicians; American Osteopathic Association; BlueCross BlueShield; Boehringer Ingelheim; CIGNA; CVS Caremark; DMAA: Care Continuum Alliance; EHE International; Geisinger Health System; GlaxoSmithKline; Health Care Services Corporation; Humana, Inc.; IBM; Interim HealthCare; Johnson & Johnson; Kaiser Permanente; McKesson Corporation; MedAssurant; Medco; Medfusion; Merck; Microsoft; MVP Health Care; NextGen Healthcare Information Systems; Novartis; Nurse Practitioners Roundtable; Pfizer; Phytel; Priority Health; The Quantum Group; Robert Bosch Healthcare; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Sanofi-Aventis; Taconic IPA, Inc.; Thomas Group; Thomson Reuters; TransforMED; UnitedHealthcare; Universal American Corp.; UPMC Health Plan; Walgreens; WellCentive, LLC; and Wellpoint.

About HDL, Inc.
Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. (HDL, Inc.), a CAP accredited leader in health management, offers a comprehensive test menu of risk factors and biomarkers for cardiovascular and related diseases. Our systematic approach identifies factors contributing to disease and provides a basis for effective treatment, allowing physicians to more effectively manage patients.  As an added value, patients receive a personalized overview of their risk factors along with intensive counseling from expert Health Coaches at no additional cost, improving compliance and enhancing satisfaction.

For more information about HDL, Inc.'s mission to support the PCMH model, please visit www.myhdl.com.

About the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative is a coalition of more than 800 major employers, consumer groups, organizations representing primary care physicians, and other stakeholders who have joined to advance the patient-centered medical home. The Collaborative believes that, if implemented, the patient-centered medical home will improve the health of patients and the health care delivery system. For more information on the patient-centered medical home and a complete list of the PCPCC members, please visit http://www.pcpcc.net/.

 

SOURCE Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc.