Brough will be opening a location in Oklahoma City within the next 90 days followed by Dallas in first-quarter 2010.
Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab began offering franchising and licensing opportunities within a limited number of markets in February 2009. Since then the company has secured sites in Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois and Georgia. Through an exclusive partnership with Pilot Travel Centers, Roadside Medical provides cost-effective and professional convenient care medical services including DOT physicals and compliance, wellness programs, sleep apnea studies and treatment and nutritional products in a convenient location for drivers.
Knoxville, Tenn.-based Pilot is the largest operator of travel centers in the U.S. with more than 300 locations in 41 states.
Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab has planned for a total of 80 sites throughout the U.S. located exclusively at Pilot Travel Centers in order to meet the needs of the 4.2 million over-the-road professional drivers.
"Keeping with our mission to deliver convenient healthcare to professional drivers coast to coast, we are pleased to be working with Dr. Royce Brough to grow a national network with velocity through franchising and licensing," said Bob Perry, aka "The Trucker Trainer," president for Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab and Vice Chair for the American Transportation Association Safety Management Council's Health & Wellness Working Group. "Dr. Brough is an accomplished physician and we are fortunate to have him on board with Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab."
Brough said, "After meeting Bob Perry and carefully reviewing the goals of Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab, I felt not only that it was an invaluable investment opportunity to reach an underserved segment of patients, but had an excellent chance of success by meeting the medical needs of people who definitely need quality care. Professional over-the-road drivers need to be taken care of just like the rest of society and Roadside Medical's approach of providing not only medical care, but a comprehensive wellness program is key to keeping them on the road."
The Brough Group was founded in 1977 as an emergency physician staffing company providing services to community hospitals in Texas, Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas with plans to expand nationwide. Over the years, the company has also provided "locums" emergency physician coverage, ownership of medical clinics, ownership of a community hospital and other medically related endeavors. Hospital Physicians of America Inc., Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab franchises, clinic and hospital ownership/management and international expansion of other medical ventures in Costa Rica are the newest additions to The Brough Group International.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas and San Jose, Costa Rica, The Brough Group International is focusing on the development of Roadside Medical Clinics + Lab franchise locations and is currently seeking a 24/7 emergency room contract in a community hospital in Texas in addition to other ventures both in the United States and Costa Rica.
In December 2007, Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab launched a nationwide network of retail health clinics designed to meet the growing demand of America's 4.2 million over-the-road professional drivers. Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab clinics meet the specific needs of the driver while driving down healthcare costs for the entire industry through Convenient Care Medical Services, Lifestyle and Wellness Programs and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Testing. In February 2009, Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab began offering franchising and licensing opportunities within a limited number of markets.
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