Primary health care

family to get great dental care that will ensure healthy smiles for toddlers, teens, adults and seniors. Why is that so important? Because neglecting oral health, including regular dental visits and cleanings, can lead to serious health problems that include infections, tooth loss and oral cancers. And because these health problems aren’t limited to just one age group, everyone in your family should see a dentist at least twice a year. Dental Coverage: Dental Care For Kids And Teens …

In the United States 4% births resulted in a baby being still born in the year 2013 (World Health Statistics, 2015). While in Canada 3.4% of births resulted in still born babies (World Health Statistics, 2015). In the U.S., despite seeing a decrease in infant mortality, blacks continue to have the highest mortality rate than any other races. The United States has been the slowest country to improve its infant mortality rate, and Canada is close behind. Approximately 1,500 cases of malaria are…

in an effort to provide cost-efficient and reliable care, there may be significant difficulties. Drawbacks may include psychological deficiencies from an increased risk of depression and anxiety. One may also suffer with complication of their own physical health as…

osteopathic medicine I was attracted to the idea of the holistic approach of working with the patient to treat the whole body and not just the disease. This osteopathic philosophy is supplemented with what I had learned during my time as a Public Health student where the focused was on heath education with an emphasis on preventative medicine to help the individual and community. I came to this realization when I was observing an osteopathic family medicine physician interacting with a diabetic…

Identification of Controversial Health-Related Issue Affecting a Vulnerable Population Across the United States, thousands of patients are diagnosed with a terminal illness and given a prognosis of less than six months to live. In 2015, it is projected by the American Cancer Society, that about 600,000 people will die from cancer (ACS, 2015). The term terminal illness refers to a disease, infection, or illness that is incurable resulting in death. Residents of California who are facing terminal…

Addiction in Health Professionals Going to see a doctor is an essential part of any modern day lifestyle. Over the past 100 years because of advances in modern medicine the average lifespan has drastically increased. So naturally it follows that people would trust that their doctors and other medical professionals are going to do the right thing to treat any medical conditions. Would patients still choose the doctor if they knew their doctor had an active addiction problem that could put their…

Generally, CVS Health is greatly admired within the corporate world (“The world’s most,” 2018). However, they need to raise their credibility in online pharmacy services to remain at the forefront of innovation within the industry. For instance, Walgreens offers a confidential pharmacy chat service, whereas CVS lacks in this resource. • CVS identified the increased labor costs and their needs for more employees as a potential threat to their “stability and operational efficiency” (“CVS Health:…

project was to increase the nursing staff at Friendship Health & Rehab 's awareness of advance care planning. My preceptor, who is also the director of nursing stated their facility had been going through a recent transition phase. Instead of being a primary long-term care unit, the patient acuity had changed and the nursing care was evolving to more med-surg based. As a result advance care planning was on the forefront due to end of life care no longer being eminent with their patients.…

basic health needs were addressed at the emergency department. Many of these patients did not have a primary physician, which created a disconnect and a lack of continuity, resulting in a less than ideal patient care experience. All I could do was instruct them on where they needed to go, knowing that there will be no communication between specialists, leaving things fragmented and unfinished. From that experience came my understanding of primary care as the foundation of any health care system…

Within the article, Issues Affecting the Health of Olde2r Citizens: Meeting the Challenges, the authors’ discuss that our health care system’s quality of care is not equipped for the vast amount of older adults our society will have as the years progress. Our health care system does not have adequate resources for older adults and their family members to utilize. The authors’ suggest that our health care delivery system needs to change its mind set on how the care is distributed. Instead of…