Case study · 2025

PeakHealth Clinic Retention Retainer

A Brisbane multi-clinic GP network added recurring-care plans and a referral loop on a nine-month retainer.

HealthcareProduct GrowthDigital Strategy

Impact

What changed.

01

Care-plan adherence

Chronic-care plan review attendance rose from 61% to 84% within six months. Mental-health plan follow-up attendance similarly improved.

02

Recurring revenue

Recurring-care revenue as a share of total practice revenue rose from 19% to 34%. The practice principals described the revenue mix as materially more durable.

03

Patient outcome signal

Clinical-outcome metrics tracked by the practice (HbA1c trends, BP control rates, mental-health PHQ-9 improvement) all moved in the right direction — the commercial outcome aligned with patient outcome, exactly as intended.

GP doctor consulting with patient in modern clinic room

The challenge

Before

PeakHealth runs five GP clinics across Brisbane with a mix of private and bulk-billed patients. Patient volume was healthy but the practice principals wanted to build a more durable revenue base — particularly around chronic-care management, mental-health care plans, and preventive health. They had the clinical capability but lacked structured retention systems, and they wanted growth that supported the patients' long-term health rather than purely transactional throughput.

  • Strong acute-visit volume but weak recurring-care plan uptake
  • Chronic-care plan reviews drifting past clinically recommended cadence
  • Mental-health care plan follow-ups inconsistently scheduled
  • Patient health-record-based recall sent generically, not personalized
  • No referral loop encouraging satisfied patients to bring family in
  • Preventive-health milestones (screening, immunization) not surfaced systematically
  • No way to identify patients at risk of disengaging from their care plan
  • Marketing limited to passive Google Business profile

The solution

What we built

We ran a nine-month retainer focused specifically on retention and recurring-care revenue, with the explicit principle that clinical appropriateness leads commercial outcome — we would never push a patient toward care they did not need. We instrumented care-plan adherence and patient engagement signals. We rebuilt patient recall to be personalized to the patient's actual care context, with the GP's sign-off on every message template. We worked with the clinical team to identify chronic-care management milestones that were genuinely overdue and surface them respectfully. We built a structured referral mechanism rewarding family-member registration when clinically appropriate. We helped the principals shape preventive-health initiatives respecting Australian primary-care norms. Throughout, the clinical team retained final authority on every patient-facing message.

PeakHealth Clinic Retention Retainer solution

Core workflow connections

How the system flows.

  • Care Plan Adherence TrackingClinically-appropriate Recall
  • Recall PersonalizationGP Sign-offPatient Channel
  • Chronic-Care MilestoneOverdue SurfaceRespectful Outreach
  • Mental-Health Plan ReviewScheduled CadenceReminder Path
  • Referral LoopFamily Member RegistrationClinically Triggered
  • Preventive-Health InitiativeAU Primary-Care NormsScheduled
  • At-Risk Disengagement SignalClinical OutreachRe-engagement
  • Clinical appropriateness as principle leading commercial outcome
  • GP sign-off on every patient-facing message template
  • Care-plan adherence and engagement instrumentation

Process

How we built it.

Step 01

Care Plan Adherence Tracking → Clinically-appropriate Recall

Step 02

Recall Personalization → GP Sign-off → Patient Channel

Step 03

Chronic-Care Milestone → Overdue Surface → Respectful Outreach

Step 04

Mental-Health Plan Review → Scheduled Cadence → Reminder Path

Step 05

Referral Loop → Family Member Registration → Clinically Triggered

Step 06

Preventive-Health Initiative → AU Primary-Care Norms → Scheduled

Step 07

At-Risk Disengagement Signal → Clinical Outreach → Re-engagement

Step 08

Clinical appropriateness as principle leading commercial outcome

Step 09

GP sign-off on every patient-facing message template

Step 10

Care-plan adherence and engagement instrumentation

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