The health coach can be a provider in health centers and can be used in any business to address corporate goals and individual coaching needs. Once an assessment is completed, many doctor may lack the services to address the issues that have been uncovered. Health coaching is an answer to this problem expanding the physician's service capabilities. For example, in a doctor's office, health coaches work with the physician's clients that want to work on lifestyle issues on a fee for service basis. Although they can work in person, some doctors may want coaches to work by phone when they have space or logistics constraint.
Coaches can do basic outcome studies to test the efficacy of their work.
They can also work with the doctor's staff to help them develop a healthy office culture and promote staff well being. Both enhance productivity, esprit de Coeur, job retention, and decrease sick leave. As companies seek the best way to maximize their investment in healthcare, they become more open to creative alternatives for providing good care at lower cost. Health coaching fits perfectly and uniquely into this arena. Rather than feeling overwhelmed by the diversity in the evolving health and healing field, coaches help employees understand the connections and basic elements between ancient and modern healing systems so they can choose wisely about healing and wellness options.