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Roadside Medical, Pilot open three new clinics

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.  — Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab and Pilot Travel Centers announced the opening of three new medical clinics in Oklahoma City; East St. Louis, Ill.; and Waco, Texas. 

Oklahoma City will begin providing health and wellness services beginning June 25 and Waco and East St. Louis locations will be providing services in July.

All current and new Roadside Medical Clinics utilize advanced healthcare information systems, including iPad's, telemedicine and 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. Visit www.roadsidemed.com for location details and to register for future announcements on opening dates.

With its exclusive locations on the highways at Pilot Travel Centers, Roadside Medical provides the most convenient, cost effective and professional medical care services, including DOT physicals and compliance, wellness programs, sleep apnea screening, testing and treatment, and nutritional products in a convenient location for drivers. 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 an additional six sites throughout the U.S. by the end of 2010 in order to meet the needs of the 4.2 million over-the-road professional 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, a.k.a. “The Trucker Trainer,” president for Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab 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.”

Roadside Medical wellness programs improve more than just the bottom-line. Roadside's Wellness Tool Kit and Driver Body Fuel Kits have been proven to help drivers lose weight, lower their BMI, reduce cholesterol levels and normalize blood pressure.

Wellness programs reduce healthcare costs, improve employee retention, cuts down on workplace accidents, and prevent downtime and lost loads. The driver wellness program is available to companies and their drivers while visiting any Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab, by calling (941) 225-2520, or by requesting information on www.roadsidemed.com .

“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.”

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