Methodology

EO’s guidance and care platform is designed to enable clinically responsible and personalized collaborations between patients, EO’s care team and EO’s patient support team.

Here’s how EO works:

1. The patient uses the EO website to securely provide a comprehensive profile featuring relevant information about their symptoms and cannabis use goals, relevant aspects of their medical record, cannabis use history and daily schedule. This profile information is then received by our data model. This model unites relevant medical cannabis research, anonymized and aggregated patient experience data, and clinical best practices developed by Dr. Brooke Worster, MD, EO’s Chief Medical Officer, and Dr. Benjamin Caplan, MD, EO’s Chief Cannabis Clinician.
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2. Our data model then generates a draft personalized care plan including recommended products, doses and times of use and an associated draft list of products to be purchased online (CBD and hemp-derived Delta-9 THC products) or at a dispensary near the patient (other THC products).
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3. The draft care plan and draft product list for each patient are then personally reviewed, modified and ultimately approved by an EO clinician using our web-based clinician admin portal. The approved care plan and shopping list are then uploaded to the patient’s online care plan.
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4. If the patient so chooses, the patient then purchases the recommended products from online retailers and/or a local dispensary. They use the products and provide feedback via surveys accessed within the online care plan. This feedback is then communicated to our data model and is then reviewed by a licensed EO or partner clinician. The patient’s care plan and product list are modified as appropriate by the clinician and then returned to the patient’s care plan and to the data model (to assist with the further refinement of the model).
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5. The patient has the option to message EO’s clinical team or call our patient support line whenever they like.
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Please note: No one cannabis treatment plan is effective to treat any particular condition in all circumstances, nor is the efficacy of various treatments necessarily the same between patients.

For this reason, our focus is on enabling evidence-based, contextual and efficient decision-making at scale:

1. Helping any one EO patient more closely collaborate with a clinician to responsibly define the unique cannabis care plan/regimen that helps them feel best and that best fits their life.
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2. Helping our EO clinicians and care team more efficiently express their expertise and care for patients.
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3. Providing evidence-based, medically-grounded care to patients and advanced analytic support that isn’t otherwise available anywhere.
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Patients: Please consult with your physician before beginning any cannabis care regimen or cannabis treatments. Check with your state and city laws to confirm the legality of cannabis where you live. By creating an account you are confirming that you’re over 21 years of age.

Dr. Benjamin Caplan, MD; Caplan NPI: 1962722637; CED Clinic LLC NPI: 1093273146; NRCME (National Registry of certified medical examiners: 9558074774; MA Board Medical License: 257356)