What is Primary Healthcare?
Primary care serves as the foundation of healthcare, providing comprehensive and accessible services that cover a wide range of patient needs. Primary care is not just about treating illnesses but encompasses a holistic approach to health and well-being.
Primary care includes:
Preventive Services: These are essential for detecting potential health issues before they become serious. Services include vaccinations, screenings (such as for hypertension, diabetes, and cancer), and counseling on healthy lifestyle choices. Preventive care is crucial for primary prevention, helping to reduce the incidence of diseases and promoting long-term health.
Chronic Disease Management: For patients with long-term conditions like diabetes, hypertension, asthma, or heart disease, primary care provides ongoing management and support. This includes regular monitoring, medication management, lifestyle counseling, and coordination with specialists as needed.
Acute Care: This involves the treatment of short-term illnesses or injuries, such as infections, minor injuries, or sudden onset conditions. Primary care providers are often the first point of contact for these issues, offering timely and effective treatment.
Health Education and Counseling: Primary care providers educate patients on various health topics, helping them understand their conditions, treatments, and the importance of healthy behaviors. This empowerment enables patients to take an active role in their health.
Coordination of Care: Primary care serves as a hub for coordinating a patient's healthcare needs. This includes referrals to specialists, ensuring continuity of care, and integrating services across different levels of the healthcare system.
Mental Health Services: Many primary care practices also address mental health needs, providing support for conditions like depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders. This integrated approach ensures that both physical and mental health are addressed.
The importance of primary prevention in primary care cannot be overstated. By focusing on preventing diseases before they occur, primary care helps reduce the burden of illness, improve quality of life, and lower healthcare costs. It empowers patients to take control of their health, leading to better outcomes and a healthier community.
Services Offered:
Primary Care:
Annual Physicals | Sports Physicals | Health Screenings | Medication Management | School Physicals | Well Women Exams | Telemedicine | Child Physicals (8yrs+)
Mental Health Screenings:
Integration of mental health screenings into routine primary care visits resulting in identifying mental health issues, and facilitating timely interventions.
IV/Hydration Therapy: Coming SOON!
Administration of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients intravenously to enhance overall health and vitality.
Membership Service:
With our exclusive monthly membership, you’ll enjoy unlimited primary care visits, discounted specialty consults, and personalized health plans designed to keep you at your best. Ask us for more details!
Urgent Care:
Receive treatment for non-life-threatening conditions, such as illness, coughs and colds, or minor injuries. This is utilized when you need care, but don’t yet need to visit the emergency room.
Specialty Assessments:
In offering a wide range of necessary services, families with foster care children can receive a CANS assessment, and CDL drivers may receive their DOT physicals. Please specify if these services are desired when scheduling your appointment.