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Clinical Excellence and Commercial success

LifeCare was established in Perth during the mid 1990’s by Mr Denis Boyd. Denis believed that physiotherapists should be appropriately rewarded for the training and expertise they have. The Lifecare brand which was successful and moved to the Eastern States in 2000 by merging with Sports Medicine Centres of Victoria. Around this time a franchise system was also established in Victoria allowing smaller practices access to the LifeCare brand and services. In 2003 LifeCare merged with Foundation HealthCare (a public company that owned medical general practices) to form Independent Practitioners Network (IPN). The merger was not a good fit and IPN decided to discontinue the Franchise system. In 2006 LifeCare became independent again when Health Networks Australia partnered with Michael Kenihan and Jon Ford in Victoria and Cameron Tweedie in Western Australia to purchase LifeCare back from IPN.

LifeCare is now the largest physiotherapy and sports medicine group in Australia. With over 42 practices nationwide, Lifecare works in partnership to create excellent practice environments where staff and practitioners can thrive.

Over the last four years Lifecare has established effective systems in their practices to assist practitioners to be more successful both clinically and commercially. LifeCare in Victoria has retained a number of practices who were part of the franchise system as affiliate partners. Affiliate practices are independently owned but have access to LifeCare’s branding, systems and services including business solutions, recruitment services, mentoring and education. LifeCare has an extensive range of tools and services in the areas of Relationship Development and Business development that affiliates have access to.

For practices/practitioners considering how LifeCare may be able to help them, we have launched “LifeCare Solutions”. This service has been developed to enable any practice to have flexibility in accessing a range LifeCare services and systems including

  • Practitioner satisfaction and excellent patient outcomes via the Clinical Excellence Program
  • Maximal practice efficiency and performance via the Practice Management Program
  • Sustained revenue growth through the Relationship Marketing Business Development Program
  • Electronic and hard copy resources in all of the above areas
  • Staff and practitioner recruitment, training and retention

To make sure the offering meets the needs of practices and practitioners, LifeCare has gained the services and intellectual property of Mind Shop Consultant Mr Cameron Geddes who will work as part of our dedicated team.

In considering whether LifeCare Solutions may be able to assist, the following questions are relevant:

  1. Do you have a clear understanding of the areas of the business that are doing well?
  2. Do you have a clear understanding of the areas of the business that need improving?
  3. Is your business performing at the level you desire?

If the answer was “NO” to any of the questions, you should complete our LifeCare Solutions online diagnostic assessment after which you will receive a comprehensive report on areas you need to consider in your business.

Complete the diagnostic and receive a report obligation free.

We will contact you to discuss the report and you can decide if you wish to access any of our modular and personalised services.

Join us and see how we can assist you with the burning issues like:

  • “How do I recruit, train and retain my people”
  • “How do I grow - by acquisition or organically”
  • “How do I set my practice up to sell”
  • “How do I create a practical plan for my business and execute on the plan”
  • “How do I achieve the life balance that I desire”

From the Lifecare Solutions Team - Michael Kenihan, Jon Ford, Cameron Geddes and Marcelo Moscoso