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Pediatric Direct Primary Care

Personalized Pediatric Care

WHAT IS DPC?

Serving North Idaho and East Washington, Optimal Living Direct Primary Care offers a direct pediatric primary care membership for children birth to 21 years old. At Optimal Living Institute, we provide a family centered approach, focusing on prevention and providing holistic care for our members who we serve.

About Optimal Living Institute and Pediatric Direct Primary Care (DPC)
Here at Optimal Living Institute, we believe in treating each individual holistically. The chiropractors and the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner collaborate to ensure the best care is provided for your children.

Mission
At OLI Pediatric DPC, we prioritize family-centered care, promoting healthy lifestyles so children can grow into thriving adults. We provide direct and unlimited access to your Primary Care Practitioner. Through a holistic approach, we are committed to enhancing the overall well-being of children, one family at a time. Together we strive to cultivate an environment where children can truly lead their best lives.

Values

We believe every child deserves access to high quality holistic care support them in their growth and development through a lifespan
Our staff at The Optimal Living Institute strives to go above and beyond to help you accomplish your health goals and to meet your families’ individual needs
We believe the best way to your child’s health is family centered, through collaboration, communication, and commitment to answer the “why” to why we recommend treatment options.
We believe providing compassion, empathy, honesty, and transparency in each encounter will help build long-lasting, trusting relationships between you and your childs’ nurse practitioner.
We believe that we were born with God-given unalienable rights, and our team will help support and defend those rights for you as parents caring for your growing children.

Why Pediatric DPC at Optimal Living
Because a DPC is based on a membership model, we are able to personalize your child’s health care needs. Our team focuses on personalized care management, knowing each family member by name and being available to you whenever you need it, whether it’s via text message, phone call, or an in-person appointment. We focus on prevention to minimize visits to a costly emergency room or urgent care. This isn’t always possible, but many emergent events with children are preventable if managed quickly. An added benefit is having 2 on site chiropractors who are trained in Functional Nutrition. Our chiropractic team is here to help you as needed with your chiropractic or functional nutrition needs at an added cost. Our goal is to focus on health, healing and prevention, helping to promote wellness for your children that will last a lifetime.

Why DPC:

Direct Primary Care vs Traditional Pediatric Primary Care
	Direct Primary Care	Traditional Pediatric Primary Care
Copays	Never	Often
Direct Access to your Pediatric nurse practitioner via text/email/zoom at no charge (24/7)	Yes	Never
More time spent with your nurse practitioner at each visit	Yes (30 min – 1 hour)	No (avg 15 mins or less)
Same Day or Next Day appointments	Yes	Sometimes
Short Wait times in clinic	Yes	Sometimes, but you may not see your child’s primary provider as they may not be available
Lab and radiology discounts	Yes	No
Your nurse practitioner has small patient panel = more personalized care	Yes, <500 patients	No, up to 2000 + patients