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How to get the preventive care you need!

Vida Family Medicine

Our health is our most important asset and we all want to take care of our health! to take care of ourselves and prevent disease, or to treat disease when we catch it early than it is to treat a more complicated health problem. If you already have a chronic disease- there is still plenty of prevention you can do!

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. The following graph shows the striking difference in premature mortality between countries with weak or strong primary care: 2. Here are the key results.

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

Mesa Family Physician

These measures are taken before any evidence of disease or injury is present and are designed to prevent health problems from occurring in the first place. These measures are taken after a disease has been diagnosed. They have eradicated or dramatically reduced many diseases that once caused widespread suffering and death.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. 2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care.

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