Why do you need a primary care doctor?
Choosing a primary care doctor is something many health plans require. But, even if your plan doesn't require it, finding one is a good idea. Why? When you see the same doctor who knows you and your medical history, that person can help coordinate your care. For example, your primary care doctor:
- Treats routine illnesses
- Performs regular check-ups and screenings
- Is your first call for health concerns
- Refers you to sub-specialists when you require further procedure or interventions
How to select a primary care doctor
It's important to find a primary care doctor that is right for you. Rather than randomly picking someone from your plan's network.
Internist. Internists treat adults and may have additional training in specialties.
Our Primary Care and Medical Care Services will provide you with complete Medical Care, for your Health and Well being. You should make us, your Medical Home, so that your entire health is looked after and cared for. All your Primary Careand Annual Health Physical Exams will be done under one roof and your entire Health and Well Being is looked after. This will eliminate, unnecessary tests and repetition of Health Exams & Tests; done by visits to multiple doctors; which accounts for large portion of the Health Care costs wasted, as per recent Health Care researches.
All individuals either healthy or otherwise need annual Screening Physical Exam.
Both for Preventive Screening
To diagnose any possible diseases at an early stage,
so that corrective measures to prevent the disease or early treatment to prevent major complications could be taken at the earliest to keep you healthy.
Unless you see our Primary care Doctors regularly; your underlying disease conditions may go undetected many years, causing harm and irreversible damage to your body;
Look into the staggering Statistics for most of the disease conditions:
In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds. Each minute, someone in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event.
Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds. Every three to four minutes, someone dies of stroke.
Age 20 years or older: 23.5 million that is 10.7% of all people in this age group have diabetes.
About one in three U.S. adults that is 31.3% - has high blood pressure.
More than one in five that is 22.4% people with high blood pressure don't know that they have it.
Approximately one in every six adults that is 16.3% of the U.S. adult population - has high total cholesterol.
People with high total cholesterol have approximately twice the risk of heart disease as people with optimal levels
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