{"id":843,"date":"2017-05-24T17:10:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T00:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.sprucehealth.com\/?p=843"},"modified":"2026-09-16T02:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:02:37","slug":"practice-profile-chandler-wellness-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/practice-profile-chandler-wellness-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Khayriyyah Chandler on Hybrid DPC in New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Khayriyyah Chandler runs <a href=\"http:\/\/chandlerwellnesscare.com\">Chandler Wellness Care<\/a> in Haddonfield, New Jersey as a hybrid direct primary care practice, with a team of two covering 200 DPC patients and another 200 who pay per visit, and Spruce carrying the patient communication for both. Three years in, she is clear about what the model gives her and what it asks of her. &#8220;The foundation of DPC is longer patient visits, greater access, and better communication,&#8221; she told us. &#8220;If you set your priorities, DPC really lets you stick to your mission statement and values.&#8221; The flip side, in her words: in a private practice nobody is ever too good to take out the trash.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-892 size-thumbnail alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/cropped-new-cwc-logo_oct-2014-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/cropped-new-cwc-logo_oct-2014-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/cropped-new-cwc-logo_oct-2014.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>About Chandler Wellness Care<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Practice Location<\/strong>: Haddonfield, New Jersey<br \/>\n<strong>Practice Model<\/strong>: Hybrid direct primary care<br \/>\n<strong>Years of Operation<\/strong>: 3<br \/>\n<strong>Team Size<\/strong>: 2<br \/>\n<strong>Panel Size<\/strong>: 200 DPC patients and another 200 pay-per-visit patients<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-865 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chandler.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chandler.png 650w, https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chandler-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Q+A with Dr. Chandler<\/h2>\n<p><b>Spruce<\/b><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>What is your favorite part about treating patients in the DPC model?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dr. Chandler:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>The foundation of DPC is longer patient visits, greater access, and better communication. If you set your priorities, DPC really lets you stick to your mission statement and values.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Spruce: <\/b>What is the biggest challenge you face in practice today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong>Dr. Chandler: <\/strong>In a private practice, no one can ever do only one thing. No one&#8217;s too good to take out the trash, and you have to be able to learn to change. Can you draw blood but can you do our newsletter, too?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-866\" src=\"https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chandler2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chandler2.png 650w, https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chandler2-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Spruce: <\/b>What made you look for a unified communication platform?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong>Dr. Chandler:\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\">I wanted something that could do what hospitals do for heart failure patients and other follow-ups, with form-based virtual visits. I wanted it to be &#8216;legit.&#8217; This is what I envisioned 3 years ago, and finding Spruce was perfect timing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-867\" src=\"https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chandler3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chandler3.png 650w, https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chandler3-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #dff5fa; padding: 30px;\">\n<p><strong>Want to simplify and enhance your practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about how physicians like Dr. Chandler are using Spruce to improve their communications and deliver better care that patients love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sprucehealth.com\/demo\">Get in touch with us<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Khayriyyah Chandler runs Chandler Wellness Care in Haddonfield, New Jersey as a hybrid direct primary care practice, with a team of two covering 200 DPC patients and another 200 who pay per visit, and Spruce carrying the patient communication for both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Dr. Khayriyyah Chandler on Hybrid DPC in New Jersey - Spruce Blog","description":"Dr. Khayriyyah Chandler covers 200 DPC patients and 200 pay-per-visit patients from a two-person clinic in Haddonfield, New Jersey. 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