The Challenge: New Providers Needing Education and Training to Prescribe Women’s Bioidentical Hormone Therapies to Increase Accessibility to Care in Their Community
Two established physicians desired to form a partnership and open a women’s health clinic in their small, somewhat rural community of less than 30,000 people. Due to a shortage of local providers with hormone expertise, female patients seeking relief for perimenopause and menopause symptoms often drive 30-50 miles to find knowledgeable providers in larger cities.
The physicians desired to become women’s hormonal health experts to be able to offer local community healthcare services comparable to that of practices in adjacent metropolitan areas. The providers wanted to increase accessibility to care for women in perimenopause through postmenopause, and to establish themselves as the local hormonal health experts, thus making it more convenient for patients, while keeping business in their hometown. Although they already had an established patient base, the team was new to BHRT and required specific training and support to accomplish their goals.
The Solution: Partner with the Women’s Health Team at Belmar Pharma Solutions for Hormone Therapy Education
After viewing several of the free, educational, on-demand webinars pertaining to menopause on the Belmar Pharma Solutions website, the physician partners reached out to their Solutions Engineer for next steps and additional clinical support. Belmar’s expert Clinical Liaisons from the Women’s Health Team answered their questions and guided the providers to seek BHRT courses with one of Belmar’s preferred educational resources. Completion of these professional hormonal health courses are instrumental for many providers in the success of their BHRT practice.
My Belmar: The Providers Opened a Successful Women’s Hormonal Health Practice Serving Women in Perimenopause, Menopause, and Postmenopause
Taking advantage of the free, educational webinars, getting clinical support from the Women’s Health team, and enrolling in BHRT courses through Belmar Pharma Solutions’ preferred educational partners, allowed the physician partners to successfully launch their women’s hormonal health practice. In 6 months, the practice began serving current patients, and attracting new patients who were seeking help for symptoms related to perimenopause and menopause. Female patients were delighted to know they now had access to bioidentical hormone therapies without having to drive to a bigger city.
To accomplish their goals, the providers put their advanced education into practice so they could confidently prescribe personalized compounded hormone therapies from Belmar Pharmacy. The team now serves a female patient base with essential hormones, including testosterone, estradiol, and progesterone creams, plus oral thyroid medications. They not only made hormone therapies more accessible and available for their female patients, but they continue to receive support and guidance from Belmar’s expert compounding pharmacists, who are also available for patient consultations.
Since the practice grew their female patient base for women’s hormonal health, they are now considering expanding into men’s hormonal health and wellness to meet the growing demand. As is often typical, when women are feeling their best as they get older, they request help for their male partners. The physicians want to meet these requests and have plans to expand their practice even further.
