WELL Provides Preliminary Patient Visits for Q4-2022 Reflecting Strong Organic Growth and Record Results

• WELL's Omni-channel patient visits¹ and interactions metrics are an important leading indicator to demonstrate the health of WELL's operational and financial performance.
• The Company expects to announce another record performance for total omni-channel patient visits¹ in Q4-2022 reflecting approximately a YoY increase of 42% and a QoQ growth of 11%. WELL's growth was primarily driven by organic growth.
• The Company also achieved ~4.9 million patient interactions for the full year 2022, an increase of 86% as compared to 2021.

VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 23, 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 Q4-2022. 

WELL achieved a total of 991,268 omni-channel patient visits¹ in Q4-2022, representing a year-over-year increase of 42% compared to Q4-2021, and an 11% increase compared to Q3-2022. In addition, WELL conducted 180,342 diagnostic visits in Q4-2022, and completed 186,045 asynchronous patient consultations. Combining WELL's omni-channel patient visits¹, diagnostic visits and asynchronous patient consultations, WELL achieved a total of 1,357,655 patient interactions in Q4-2022.

For the full year, WELL achieved a total of approximately 3.5 million omni-channel patient visits¹ and 4.9 million patient interactions in 2022. Omni-channel patient visits¹ grew 50% in 2022 compared to the prior year, and total patient interactions grew 86% over the same time period. This growth was driven through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth.

Hamed Shahbazi, Chairman and CEO of WELL commented, "I'm very proud of our care provider team as well as the technology and provider support teams for the strong growth in patient care this past quarter reflecting strong organic growth and yet another record performance. Not only did we continue to grow but we were able to maintain industry leading NPS scores. To our knowledge, these metrics position WELL as the Canadian market leader in delivering omni-channel patient visits¹. This growth is just the beginning for WELL.  We are confident that with our focus on quality, innovation, and patient-centered care, we will continue to see strong growth in patient numbers and further establish ourselves as a leading healthcare provider."

WELL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Per: "Hamed Shahbazi"  
Hamed Shahbazi
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director   

WELL is a practitioner focused digital healthcare company whose overarching objective is to positively impact health outcomes to empower and support healthcare practitioners and their patients. WELL has built an innovative practitioner enablement platform that includes comprehensive end to end practice management tools inclusive of virtual care and digital patient engagement capabilities as well as Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and data protection services. WELL uses this platform to power healthcare practitioners both inside and outside of WELL's own omni-channel patient services offerings. As such, WELL owns and operates Canada's largest network of outpatient medical clinics serving primary and specialized healthcare services and is the provider of a leading multi-national, multi-disciplinary telehealth offering. WELL is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "WELL" and on OTCQX under the symbol "WHTCF". To learn more about the Company, please visit: www.well.company.

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SOURCE WELL Health Technologies Corp.