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Welcome to Duchess Health
We are reinventing healthcare based on the principles of functional medicine and whole health care to improve
health outcomes and lower costs
Our Mission: To Make Whole Health Primary Care Accessible to Anyone, Anywhere
Our Goal: To Support the Health Goals of 100 Million People By 2030
Why: Whole Health Primary Care is the Way to Heal Ourselves and Our Planet
Choose a Sustainable Form of Health Care
Customize An Intelligence Driven
Health Plan that Addresses
YOUR Specific Health Needs
Prolong Your Life, Nourish Your Destiny
Prevent, Treat, and Reverse Chronic Disease
By Addressing the Root Cause
Value Driven Care Based on the Principles of Functional and Integrative Medicine
Health Care WHEN You Want It, WHERE You Want It, With Expertise to Assist Clients in
Making Lasting Changes
A Fresh Look At
WHOLE HEALTH CARE
Health Care That Values YOU
Personalized, Precision Advanced Health and Wellness Solutions
Because Everyone is Unique
A Collaborative, Integrated Model of Care
Smart Spending that Improves Client Satisfaction
and Health Outcomes
Integrative Path PC
Consumer Directed
Advanced Whole Health Primary Care
Physician-Led Whole Health Care Teams Based on Functional and Integrative Medicine
Individualized Care to Help
Prevent and Treat Chronic Disease
Health Coaching, Nutrition, and
Behavioral Health Support
Fitness Prescriptions
Insights from Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Naturopathic Medicine, and Energy Medicine
Herbalism, Medical Aromatherapy, Bach Flower Essences, Homeopathic Care Available
Second Opinion Consultations
Whole Farmacy, an Integrative Farmacy
Professional Grade Dietary Supplements
Botanical Medicines
Health Products
Delivered Directly to Your Home
Integrative Pharmacy Care
the future of pharmacy
Traditional and Compounding Pharmacy Prescriptions
Integrative Pharmacist Referrals
Advice on Herb-Drug-Nutrient Interactions
Consultations on Deprescribing Medications
Collaborative Medication Therapy Management
Advanced Laboratory Testing
Specialty Functional Medicine Laboratory Testing
Specialty DNA and Genetic Testing
Smart Algorithms for Laboratory Testing Based on
Symptom Surveys, Diet and Nutrition Surveys,
and Health Intakes (In Development)
Laboratory Testing Focusing on
the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disease
Laboratory Testing Focusing on Optimal Health,
Age Reversal, and Life Extension
Health and Community Cloud
a virtual playground for health
incorporating social media for health
how cool is that?
Private Facebook Groups
as Part of a Social Media for Health Campaign
(In Development)
Building Healthy Local Communities through
Collaborative Partnerships
Duchess Health CARES
COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT THROUGH RESOURCES, EDUCATION, and SERVICES
Redesigning Health Care to Meet the
"Quadruple Aim" for Sustainability in Business:
Sustainable Social, Economic, Environmental,
and Health Practices
Our Model Promotes a Virtuous Cycle
of Health within Communities
You May Even Need Prescription Strength Nature
Are You a Self Funded Employer
Hospital/ ACO/ Provider Group, or
Health Plan Interested in
Consumer Directed
Advanced Whole Health Primary Care
to Improve Health Outcomes and
Lower Health Care Costs?
Learn More How Our Solutions Can Benefit
Your Organization and Your Members
Its Time to Implement a Sustainable Model of Healthcare and Payment Reform that Benefits Private Corporations, Consumers, and Our Communities...
Incorporating Smart Technology
what else would you expect?
HIPAA Compliant Chat and Telehealth
Access to Your Health Records
Remote Patient Monitoring
Chronic Care Management
Care Coordination
An Integrated Health Data and Analytics Platform
(HealthEAnalytics, In Development)
Science and Metrics Driven Insights to Drive Health Transformation
An Innovative Whole Health Plan
For Employers with 50 or More Employees (Currently Only Available in NC)
Let us Discuss Customizing a Health Plan
For Your Employees
Consider Including a ROI Driven Wellness Program Based on Functional Medicine
Consider Including a Tax Advantaged
HSA/ FSA/ HRA Reimbursable Membership for
Whole Health Primary Care
For Your Employees
Leveraging the Value of An Integrated Health Ecosystem
Meaningful Incentives and Rewards
Shared Corporate and Client Savings Model
Incentivizing and Aligning All Stakeholders in the System
Giving Back to the Community and the Environment
The Duchess Health
Model for Sustainable
Community Health Transformation
Improve Health Outcomes
Lower Health Care Costs
Capture Health Savings
Reinvest in Community
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of Health Care?
"The best way to predict your future is to create it"
Abraham Lincoln
Clinicians
Join the Clinical
Advisory Board and Bring Your Expertise and Investment to Help Us Build A Better Model for Health Care for Consumers, Providers, and Communities
Invest in a digital health technology platform based on intelligence and behavioral science that enables the ability to scale this type of health care, with a business model that has the potential for substantial revenue
Donate to one of our Duchess CARES initiatives or our vision for a NC School of Integrative Health to train the next generation of NC clinicians to provide this type of care. We need your support to make this happen.
Angels, VCs
Philanthropy
Our Founding Executive Team
Health Leadership Health Innovation Health Education
Health (and Health Care) Transformation
Ruth Lininger, MD MPH
Founder and CEO
Mindful Leadership
To Change
The World
"Healthcare reform must be about health reform"
"I ask you to imagine... that you are in a position to make this vision a reality. In your lifetime. To make America healthy again.... "
Penny George, Bravewell Collaborative
Speaking at the Eighth Annual Symposium on Predictive Health at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
Charles K. Bens, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Organizational Leadership
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Leadership Health Innovation Health Education Health (and Health Care) Transformation
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