How Dr. DeMarco Uses HealthBook+ to Make a Better Medical Decision

“I started to realize the power of AI and how it could elevate my ability to take high-quality care of patients.”

When Dr. Dave DeMarco helped open DexaFit Cincinnati in early 2025, he had been practicing in the greater Cincinnati area for about 25 years. He wanted to help people take a more active role in their health and saw an opportunity to do more than the reactive healthcare system could offer.

“It’s really hard to enjoy life when things aren’t going well,” says Dr. DeMarco.

Helping people feel better and enjoy more of their lives means taking a more proactive approach to their health. To support that goal, Dr. DeMarco chose HealthBook+ as a solution to bring patient information together and help inform care.

Choosing tools for a new practice

Dr. DeMarco was initially skeptical of AI. Building DexaFit gave him the chance to explore it for himself and choose tools that fit the way he wanted to care for patients.

“I got to choose my own tools for the first time,” he says.

Alongside HealthBook+, he tried the AI included with his health records software. He found that it could write notes, but wasn’t drawing from enough sources to help him connect the dots. He also felt the patient summaries didn’t clearly reflect his voice.

Bringing more of the patient’s story together

HealthBook+ brought information from different healthcare systems and patients’ wearables into one place. With PaiGE™, HealthBook+’s clinician-led AI partner, Dr. DeMarco could organize and review that information to get a fuller understanding of a patient’s health.

“What I found with HealthBook+ was that it also gave me an ability to digest a lot of healthcare information about a patient, even uncover something that I didn’t know existed,” he says.

Giving patients clear next steps

Dr. DeMarco has always wanted patients to understand the main idea behind their care and leave with practical steps they can take. He wants them to feel ownership of their health.

That can be difficult during a busy schedule of short appointments. He describes the pressure as being “up against the clock.”

PaiGE helps him put the discussion into writing so patients have something to refer to after the visit. He can communicate more of what he wants them to understand without having to type it all out himself.

“That patient can receive that in writing in a way that I could never type that all out after a visit in a meaningful way.”

Helping patients feel understood

The fuller history that Healthbook+ enables helps Dr. DeMarco make care decisions with more context. He also wants patients to feel confident that he understands their story.

“I’m able to gather data that’s going to help me make a better medical decision around a patient and allow the patient to feel confident that I know their story.”

Today Dr. DeMarco walks into every visit with the full picture of each patient in front of him. As he puts it, HealthBook+ “elevates my ability to take high-quality care of patients.”

Watch more stories like Dr. DeMarco’s in our “Seeing the Whole Person” video series.