The Pathway

Every DTC engagement follows one connected clinical pathway. It is the pathway—not any single assessment—that helps transform a routine office visit into an opportunity for earlier, provider-directed care. 

1. Screen/Pre-Screen. Intake is where direction begins.

TriageIQ™ is a 3–5 minute patient-administered pre-screener completed in the waiting room, on the patient's own device or the practice's — before the provider walks in. It consumes no provider time and adds no step to the visit itself.

It captures structured patient-reported signals across six clinical domains: cardiometabolic, neurological, renal, behavioral health, pain and function, and population health. Most intake forms ask what brought the patient in today. TriageIQ™ asks about the domains a routine visit rarely has time to reach.

Responses are organized and returned to the clinical workflow in a single view — grouped by domain, in plain clinical language, ready to read in under a minute. Editions are available for adult and geriatric populations, reflecting differences in what matters clinically at different stages of life.

2. Test. The provider determines what happens next.

A surfaced signal is a prompt for clinical judgment, not an instruction. The provider decides what further evaluation, if any, is indicated — including none.

Where further evaluation is warranted, DTC distributes non-invasive diagnostic technologies practices may use in office: neuropathy and autonomic testing, peripheral arterial assessment, cognitive assessment, and fall-risk evaluation among them. Most are performed by existing staff in minutes, using equipment that fits an exam room already in use.

DTC supports implementation, staff training, and workflow design so the capability is usable from the first week rather than the first quarter. Findings are documented, not assumed.

3. Treat. The signal reaches an action. 

The provider acts on what the findings support—follow-up, care planning, treatment, monitoring, or referral as clinically indicated. Where ongoing management is appropriate, DTC supports chronic care and remote monitoring programs so the finding continues to be tracked rather than filed.

Most chronic disease does its damage quietly, in the years before anyone names it. The purpose of the pathway is to shorten that gap, to make the visit the patient already scheduled the visit where something gets caught.

TriageIQ™ organizes patient-reported signals for provider review. The treating provider remains solely responsible for diagnosis, testing decisions, treatment, documentation, and all clinical determinations.

Screen. Test. Treat.

NOTE: TriageIQ™ is licensed independently. Licensing is not conditioned on the purchase of any device, service, or program, and pricing does not vary based on downstream utilization.