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Preventive Care To Maintain Your Overall Health

Mesa Family Physician

It’s more than just visiting your doctor when something feels off—it’s about catching potential problems early, staying on top of health screenings, and setting goals that keep you feeling your best. If you have insurance through providers like Blue Cross Blue Shield , coverage generally includes one annual physical per calendar year.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

But you worry that the advance directive does not provide enough guidance for the specific decision at Yael Jo, do you. So it defines unrepresented as someone who lacks decisional capacity to provide informed consent to a particular medical treatment. It doesn’t provide enough guidance for the clinicians to make decisions.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

When you think about getting your groceries, going to doctor’s appointments, going to religious services, if that’s important to you. So that’s a piece that I think is important for providers anywhere along that process to be asking about driving. Eric: Also from the provider standpoint. Emmy: Yeah. Emmy: Yeah.

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August Back to School Month

Family Physicians of Greeley

As the summer winds down and we get ready to go back to school, it is important to remember to schedule your child’s back-to-school wellness visit. All our providers are available to deliver these important services for you, your infants, children, and adolescents! Missing wellness visits for your child could put them at risk.

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The Benefits of Preventive Care

Vida Family Medicine

Here are a few examples of preventive care that our doctors can provide to benefit us: Vaccinations : Vaccinations are one of the most effective forms of preventive care. Most people are familiar with the childhood vaccine schedule, but there is a recommended schedule for adults as well.