NEW YORK–(COMMERCIAL WIRE)–Motto today announced the launch of its virtual, physician-led comprehensive care platform to treat people with chronic inflammatory diseases. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 24 million people in the United States have an autoimmune disease, up to 8 percent of the population. To meet the needs of a growing number of people suffering from chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, patients can receive the full spectrum of care through the Motto app: schedule virtual appointments with rheumatologists, monitor symptoms and receive recommendations for personalized lifestyle.
Chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases arise as a result of your immune system attacking and damaging different parts of your body. From the onset of symptoms, it can take up to five years to receive proper treatment because symptoms often reflect myriad other diseases, making accurate diagnosis and treatment of these diseases difficult. Access to existing traditional rheumatology practices is challenging, with only 4,600 rheumatologists nationwide. Chronic inflammatory conditions are expensive to treat due to their long-term and incurable nature. According to a recent J Clin Med study, they are as costly as more well-known diseases such as cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with annual direct health care costs projected to exceed $100 billion.
“We created Motto because the status quo forces patients to wait months, if not years, to receive proper treatment from a rheumatologist. Meanwhile, they carry the added burden of managing medications and making difficult diet and lifestyle changes on their own. We believe our coordinated care model will help improve access and close important diagnostic gaps for primary care providers, improve quality of life and the patient experience, and ultimately lead to better outcomes for patients, providers and the health system,” said Anuj Patel, CEO. and Founder.
By combining specialized medical care and evidence-based lifestyle coaching, dietary support and physical therapy, Motto puts patients on the path to better care outcomes. Patients can see a rheumatologist directly in days, as opposed to the typical wait time of more than two months, and work together with their doctor to refine and adjust treatment to reduce symptoms, given all the different factors that influence these conditions.
“Autoimmune conditions are complex and often require more time than traditional practices to get to the heart of the problem,” said Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz, MD, Medical Director, Motto and board-certified rheumatologist. “Motto supports primary care providers with a holistic care plan that meets the needs of this patient population so they can feel better faster and manage their condition effectively in the long term.”
Motto’s clinical model combines three core elements to create better health care outcomes:
Virtual Rheumatology Care: A full-service virtual medical clinic that provides a 360-degree approach to care so patients can quickly access their treatment plans and schedule virtual appointments with rheumatologists.
Personalized lifestyle coaching: A personalized lifestyle program based on a curriculum to help manage symptoms, including the implementation of evidence-based interventions such as diet, stress, sleep management, and exercise.
Condition management: A digital outbreak tracker that helps patients easily track and manage symptoms, with the goal of increasing awareness of personal triggers by capturing clinically validated longitudinal data.
Founded at Redesign Health, a company that drives innovation in health care, Motto’s core founding team is clinically led and includes Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz, MD, Medical Director and Licensed Rheumatologist, and Jamillah Hoy-Rosas, clinical director, a respected clinical operations leader and expert in health coaching and chronic disease care. Members of Motto’s advisory board include Dr. Sarah Patterson, an integrative treatment specialist for the management of rheumatic conditions at UCSF, and Dr. Jeffrey Curtis, a nationally known expert in the comparative efficacy of drugs for rheumatic conditions, from the University of Alabama.
Motto is currently available in Texas and California and accepts all major in-network insurers. Its expansion into the two most populous states in the United States increases the accessibility of care for many people who face a long and arduous road to proper diagnosis and treatment of chronic inflammatory conditions. For more information about Motto, visit: www.mottohealth.co
About the motto
Motto has created a new paradigm in the treatment of autoimmune diseases with a clinic-based online coordinated care program. Patients benefit from a personalized treatment plan developed by a rheumatologist-led care team working collaboratively to help them feel better faster. Motto’s program leverages evidence-based interventions and lifestyle recommendations, and through the app, patients can monitor symptoms, treatment plans, appointments, and access their clinical team for personalized guidance. .
About health redesign
Redesign Health is a company that drives innovation in healthcare by developing technologies, tools and insights that lower barriers to change in the industry. Since 2018, exceptional founders have built more than two dozen companies at Redesign Health, impacting more than ten million lives across many aspects of the healthcare ecosystem, including cancer care, teleaudiology, COVID-19 testing, metabolic health and more. For more information, visit redesignhealth.com.
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