Progressive Health Institute - How It Works

 
 

Welcome to Progressive Health Institute!

We are absolutely excited that you have joined Progressive Health Institute!  Our sincere commitment is to ensure you have a world class experience, and that you enjoy health gains that extend your lifespan, your healthspan, and your overall well being.

The Progressive Health Institute is a membership-based medical practice.  The Medical Director is David Donohue, MD, MS, FACP, DipABLM, FACLM (Dave).  

Availability & Communication

The Medical Director strives to be available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week at his cell phone 302-309-1701.  Feel free to text or call any time.  There will be times when he is not available, such as when he is on an airplane.  If for whatever reason he does not respond, you can reach the PCP on call for Progressive Health directly at 302-543-5454 option 5.  

For optimal privacy, we recommend using secure messaging.  This can be done through the Elation Passport app.  Messages sent through that platform are secure on both ends.  

Summary of Communication Options

Most secure messaging platform: Elation Passport app

Email: dave@progressivehealthproject.com

Dave’s secure Zoom cell phone: 302-309-1701

PCP on Call when Dave is unavailable: 302-543-5454 option 5

PHI Office Manager: Julia 302-543-6501

Progressive Health of Delaware main office: 302-543-5454

Locations

Dave usually sees patients on Zoom or at the Wilmington office. He can make appointments in Newark on request.

Wilmington Office:

Concord Plaza, Springer Building

3411 Silverside Rd, Suite 100

Wilmington, DE 19803

302-543-5454

Newark Office:

665 Churchmans Rd

Newark, DE 19702

302-731-0900

Your Healthcare Team

We are eager to fit in with your care team as you see best.  We can function as your Primary Care Provider, or we can work with your existing primary care physician.  

Your options:

  • Dr. David Donohue can be your PCP, or

  • Dr. David Donohue can be a consultant who you see on a regular basis. You would retain your current PCP.

Regardless, we ask that you enroll as a patient with Progressive Health of Delaware.  We will keep your medical information in our secure Electronic Health Record, called Elation Health.  We will use the Elation Passport patient portal to securely send any reports to you.

If you choose Dr. Donohue to be your PCP, please note that Dr. Donohue is available most of the time.  There will be days or weeks when he asks you to interface with the providers at Progressive Health of Delaware to meet your immediate medical needs.  There is a provider on call for Progressive Health of Delaware 24/7, daily. This provider can be reached by calling: 302-543-5454 option 5

Billing Medical Insurance

We ask to be able to bill your insurance for services that they will cover.  This helps us deliver a broad set of services and employ a team of talented staff.

Member Services

Membership entitles you to the ability to utilize any or all of our services.  Please feel free to take advantage of as many as you would like.

Initial Office Visit & Strategy Session (1 hour)

Meet with Dave.  He and his assistants will gather your health history - your past medical history, medications, vital signs, etc.  

This office visit allows us to plan our Initial Strategy.  In broad terms, what do you want to accomplish and how quickly?  You will leave with an initial plan for some changes you might make right away, as well as a prioritized plan for which assessments to get when.  Your plan will include medical testing, plus use of the following services.

Other Services

Chronic Care Management (CCM)

We are pleased to offer you CCM whether you are eligible through your insurance or not.  Under CCM, one of our Care Navigators is assigned to you.  They act as a personal health assistant.  They are a point of contact for your day-to-day needs if you have any.  They can handle refills, tracking down information, setting up appointments, setting or following up SMART goals, or most other things you can dream up.

Remote Physiologic Monitoring

Note: This service is run through a 3rd party company called HealthSnap.  They are only able to offer it to patients for whom insurance covers it.  This generally includes people with Medicare or Medicare Advantage.  If you have other insurance, we will pursue whether your insurance might cover it.

Under this program, you receive a free medical device such as a blood pressure monitor, scale, blood oxygen monitor, or blood glucose monitor.  A nurse is assigned to your case.  The nurse ensures we are collecting data and is able to coach you on how to improve it.  HealthSnap’s data says that they get real results.  

Exercise Physiologist Assessments and Exercise Coaching

The EP is expert at measuring your functional status, and collaborating with you on a plan to improve your physiologic parameters.  The EP also can work with you over time to get real, measurable results!  Our EP is able to do specialized testing including VO2 max, modified Bruce protocol, strength testing, and other functional testing.  Some of these tests may require a special visit.  We recommend every member work closely with our EP, since functional status is so central to our long term health.

Health and Wellness Coaching

We employ 3 National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coaches.  They can work with you  to help you achieve your goals.  At a minimum, we encourage you to see them for a 45-minute 

appointment to craft your Wellness Vision.  Many people find this to be a super helpful way to focus on what is important.  

Advanced Cognitive Testing

We use the combination of traditional in-office measures of cognition, plus the use of an online cognitive assessment tool called CogniFit.  This 30-40 minute assessment provides scoring of 22 cognitive skills, in 5 cognitive domains.  We use both of these assessments to get a numeric reading on where your brain is now, and 

Comprehensive Longevity Assessment (1 hour)

At this office visit, Dave brings together the data we have collected into an overall report on where you are now.  You will work together with Dave to prepare a Comprehensive Health Plan for the coming year.  This plan includes medication adjustments, new medicines, supplements, bloodwork or other testing to collect in the future, and a schedule for working with 1 or more of our coaches.  

Programs

We are pleased to offer a growing list of programs for you to take advantage of as you desire.  Currently, our programs are run through Zoom.  Each of these group programs will include other PHI members and also patients of Progressive Health of Delaware.  One of the powerful things about group programs is the group dynamic, in which the group members learn insights from one another.

Successful Aging Program

Dave runs a monthly group program called Successful Aging.  This program is designed to empower you with knowledge and skills to live a longer life.  You are invited to join this program in whatever capacity you like.  Dr. Donohue will pre-record the educational content each month to make that available offline.  

This program seeks to educate on steps you can take to maximize health and vitality and to extend life expectancy.  This interactive program is run once per month and

Heal My High Blood Pressure

This is a 6-week program, offered occasionally through the year.  It is designed to deliver 3 hours of education on how to control blood pressure and other cardiac risk factors.  This is a deeper dive into maximizing vascular health and heart health.  Participants are encouraged to make vascular-friendly changes each week.

Group Modified Fasting

Dave leads a 5-day group fast every ~3 months, in which participants eat the foods associated with the Prolon Fasting Mimicking Diet.  The food kit is available for purchase here:

https://prolonlife.com/products/prolon-professionals?hcp=ProDonohue

Duration of Membership

You may cancel at any time.  If you choose to end a subscription early, we are happy to return your funds on a pro rata basis.