Schematic of retention curves: cohorts decaying over weeks with one flattening higher, above an activation funnel

PeakHealth Clinic Retention Retainer

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

At a glance · Healthcare · 2025

What Blackbyrds Digital built, and what changed

Blackbyrds Digital partnered with a five-clinic Brisbane GP network on a nine-month Product Growth retainer focused on patient retention and recurring-care revenue. Headline result: 61% to 84% (care-plan review attendance).

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PeakHealth Clinic Retention RetainerOne system
  • Recall Personalization
  • GP Sign-off
  • Patient Channel
Shared data · role-based access3 of the modules shown
Schematic of the shipped system, drawn from the case notes

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
BeforeDisconnected tools
  • Strong acute-visit volume but weak…
  • Chronic-care plan reviews drifting past…
  • Mental-health care plan follow-ups…
  • Patient health-record-based recall sent…
  • No referral loop encouraging satisfied…
  • Preventive-health milestones (screening,…
Schematic of the starting point, drawn from the case notes

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.

How the system flows

  1. Care Plan Adherence TrackingClinically-appropriate Recall
  2. Recall PersonalizationGP Sign-offPatient Channel
  3. Chronic-Care MilestoneOverdue SurfaceRespectful Outreach
  4. Mental-Health Plan ReviewScheduled CadenceReminder Path
  5. Referral LoopFamily Member RegistrationClinically Triggered
  6. Preventive-Health InitiativeAU Primary-Care NormsScheduled
  7. 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
Schematic of retention curves: cohorts decaying over weeks with one flattening higher, above an activation funnel
Schematic of retention curves: cohorts decaying over weeks with one flattening higher, above an activation funnel

Healthy patient volume but thin recurring revenue?

Our Product Growth retainers in healthcare lead with clinical appropriateness — commercial outcomes follow when patients get the care they need at the right cadence.

No retainer lock-in · Month-to-month · Full transparency