KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Pilot Travel Centers and Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab have opened three new medical clinics, located in Oklahoma City, East St. Louis, Ill.; and Waco, Texas. The Oklahoma City site will begin providing health and wellness services beginning on June 25, 2010, and the Waco and East St. Louis sites begin providing services in July 2010.
Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab has planned for an additional six sites throughout the United States by the end of 2010 in order to meet the needs of the 4.2 million over-the-road professional drivers.
All current [image-nocss] and new Roadside Medical Clinics use advanced healthcare information systems, including iPad's, telemedicine and what Roadside Medical said is the industry's first full-function electronic medical record system for professional drivers. These tools streamline reporting, improve adherence to wellness and weight loss programs and lower administrative and direct healthcare costs for drivers and companies alike on a nationwide scale.
With its exclusive locations on the highways at Pilot travel centers, Roadside Medical provides convenient, cost-effective and professional medical care services, including Department pf Transportation (DOT) physicals and compliance, wellness programs, sleep apnea screening, testing and treatment and nutritional products in a convenient location for drivers.
"Our expansion to three additional locations is another step in our development of a coast-to-coast network to support professional drivers where they need us, on the road," said Bob Perry, president of Roadside Medical and chair for the American Trucking Associations Safety & Loss Prevention Management Council's Health & Wellness Working Group. "The clinics in addition to our Driver Body Fuel products and wellness program provide trucking companies and their drivers with the tools they need to stay on the road to good health."
"We are pleased to partner with Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab to improve the lives of our customers," said Jimmy Haslam of Pilot Travel Centers. "Our goal is to be a total solution provider for all driver services, and Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab is helping us deliver medical services. The evidence supporting driver health initiatives is too staggering to ignore. Providing drivers with healthy options and access to medical care isn't just good business, it's the right thing to do."
In December 2007, Sarasota, Fla.-based Roadside Medical LLC 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.
Travel Centers LLC is a leading operator of travel centers catering to professional drivers and traveling motorists in 41 states with more than 300 retail interstate properties. The company is headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., and is held in a partnership between Pilot Corp., wholly owned by the Haslam family, and Propeller Corp., wholly owned by the funds advised by CVC Capital Partners, a leading global private-equity firm.
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