PritikinLIVE: Proven Pritikin Education. Delivered Differently.
Pritikin ICR
We empower cardiac care teams as they inspire, educate, and guide their patients back to heart health.
When we first launched PritikinLIVE, our goal was to offer an easy-to-implement short-term solution for ICR facilities scrambling to fill staffing gaps. We do this by livestreaming our Pritikin-trained education specialists into pre-scheduled workshops, patient 1:1 consultation sessions, and weekly cooking schools. Nearly two years later, this temporary solution has since been utilized in Pritikin ICR facilities across the country. Our dedicated team has worked to ensure countless cardiac rehab patients never skipped a beat (no pun intended ??) along their heart health journey regardless of any staffing gaps.
It didn’t take long to realize that a more permanent staffing solution would make the world of a difference for cardiac rehab programs brimming with heart but limited in resources. The latest PritikinLIVE expansion does just that! Our long-term PritikinLIVE education offering makes it possible to bring intensive cardiac rehab to just about any facility!
Those utilizing our permanent PritikinLIVEsolution can expect Pritikin’s comprehensive education curriculum, just delivered differently.
We can now facilitate live-streamed education sessions for your patients on a permanent basis.
How does it work? Once you decide this is the Pritikin solution that best fits your needs, we will work with you to identify which of our established education timeslots work best for you. From there, we would integrate your patients into our pre-determined schedule of live education sessions.
Addressing Common Barriers
This solution is designed to address three key barriers that traditional cardiac rehab programs face when planning a transition to ICR: expense, staff challenges, and adequate space. For these reasons, we designed PritikinLIVE to be:
Same High-Quality Education, Same Patient Engagement
This live-streamed delivery model consists of the same high-quality Pritikin education curriculum as it exists today. We deliver immersive?workshops, cooking?classes, and moderated video workshops, all of which cover principles based on the Pritikin Program’s Three Pillars:
PritikinLIVE is delivered by our experienced and credentialed staff. Our educators include a Registered Dietitian who leads Cooking Classes, teaches Nutrition Workshops, and facilitates all educational videos. Our Credentialed Health Educator/Coach teaches all Exercise and Healthy Mind-set Workshops.
Patient engagement is a key element of our virtual learning model. Our educators engage patients by asking questions, utilizing polls, and engaging activities. Patients and/or staff tune into our live-streamed sessions with their cameras disabled in order to maintain patient confidentiality. That said, they are encouraged to communicate with our educators at any time via a chat feature. You’d be surprised at the level of interaction we see!
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To further engage patients and help reinforce key concepts, each patient receives?a Patient Material Bundle. Each bundle consists of our comprehensive Patient Guidebook and a Cardiac Rehab Resource Folder. The Patient Guidebook is designed to be used during each educational class. It includes customizable one-on-one consult resources, recipes, interactive worksheets, and reference guides for each of the workshops taught in the program. By engaging with the Patient Guidebook during our webinars, patients can complete activities in real-time and follow along with the recipes as our Registered Dietitian cooks. The books are designed to serve as a longstanding resource patients can refer back to long after they’ve graduated from the ICR program.
To top it off, we use all the tools at our disposal to engage patients during our presentations: charismatic presenters, attention-grabbing videos, motion graphics, visual aids, and demonstrations. Each is designed to reinforce the key topics of the day and cater to a variety of learning styles. Sprinkled with effective strategies to make lifestyle changes stick, PritikinLIVE sets the stage for lifelong impact.
FAQs
Is PritikinLIVE designed specifically for existing cardiac rehab programs?
Nope! Our permanent PritikinLIVE solution is ideal for both existing programs wanting to convert to an ICR model and providers hoping to open a brand new ICR program.
Does it matter if my current staff is not familiar with the Key Pritikin Principles?
We provide training videos to ensure team members delivering direct patient care are trained in the key principles of the Pritikin lifestyle. Your staff will complete three self-paced videos prior to launching your ICR program. We even provide a fun game for each staff member to complete to ensure competency. These steps ensure consistency in messaging and education when conversing with patients.
Can PritikinLIVE accommodate a cardiac rehab schedule wherein patients exercise on Tuesdays and Thursdays?
Yes! Our existing education schedule is Monday through Friday. To meet your scheduling needs, we can accommodate the following patient schedules:
Wondering how PritikinLIVE can support your existing program? Are you hoping to open a new ICR site but are facing some roadblocks? Email us at [email protected] and our team will be happy to answer your questions and help determine how PritikinLIVE might best support your program.
This article was written by Pritikin ICR Manager of Virtual ICR, Colleen Montgomery