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Top Trends In The Business Of Preventive
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Top Trends In The Business Of Preventive Care
Preventive healthcare has been gaining importance
in the US because of the risk of chronic diseases
like cancer, diabetes, arthritis, asthma,
strokes, and another cardiovascular disease.
These chronic diseases are responsible for the
rising death toll increasing, hence, to avoid
them and detect them at early stages, preventive
healthcare has been adopted widely. Preventive
healthcare is taking preventive actions to stay
away or detect signs of serious diseases. There
are three levels of Preventive Care 1. Primary
prevention It occurs through education and
awareness on a very basic level. This includes
nutrition knowledge, the importance of exercise,
and safe preventive measures such as the dangers
of smoking or unsafe sex, and immunization
against infectious diseases. 2. Secondary
prevention It includes intervention after a
patient has already been diagnosed and the
purpose is to manage the illness before it
worsens. Secondary prevention includes taking
regular exams and screening tests for patients
with known risk factors for illness, including
mammograms for those who carry the BRCA1 and
BRCA2 genes.
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3. Tertiary prevention Tertiary prevention allows
patients with long-term health problems programs
for their disease management. It includes cardiac
or stroke rehabilitation programs, patient
support groups, and other health management
services. In short, preventive healthcare is
protecting the body from any unforeseen disease
or problem that might cause serious damage to a
persons health and it includes activities like
routine check-ups, immunizations, boosters, a
balanced lifestyle, and avoiding bad health
habits. Moreover, it identifies the risk factors
associated with serious diseases which help in
taking the next step towards avoidance of such
factors. Lets understand about the rising
importance of it in more details Reasons for the
increasing importance of preventive care in the
US High healthcare cost In America, expenses
related to hospital care constitute a huge
amount, which approximately makes one-third of
the overall healthcare cost in America. Hence
people are also becoming more conscious of the
hefty costs related to treating such chronic
diseases and so the best one-shot method to avoid
these costs is to spend on the prevention of such
diseases and maintaining good health of the mind
and body.
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Ill effects After-effects of chronic diseases are
damaging the patients body even after getting
treatment for the disease, repercussions are
observed for a longer period which affects the
normal functioning of the body. Mental health
awareness One of the side effects of such
threatening diseases is that it adversely affects
a persons mental condition and that causes
serious harm hence awareness regarding mental
health has increased because mental health
problems are more difficult to get cured in
comparison with physical health
issues. Covid-19 Due to covid, people have
realized the importance of staying healthy and
fit to avoid such contracting disease that drives
patients spending to improve their immune system
to fight against such disease. Now lets
understand various trends in the business of
preventive care due to technological advancement.
Moreover, various healthcare organizations are
adopting automation for better patient experience
and revenue optimization.
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Trends in preventive healthcare Automation of
mundane tasks By automating tasks related to
preventive healthcare, providers can provide a
delightful experience to their patients like
reminding them regarding next appointments and
keeping a check on the last issues detected.
Moreover, Artificial Intelligence in the
healthcare system plays a crucial role in
automation. With AI, healthcare systems can now
deep dive into patients health and provide
exhaustive reports related to present and future
risk factors and related consequences of
patients health. Patient empowerment Giving the
hold of their health to patients is the new
emerging trend in the healthcare industry, here
patient feels they are in a situation to avoid
harmful diseases and detect them at an early
stage to avoid irrelevant costs. Different models
are in development for providing such power to
patients. Today, people are looking for wellness
therapies and are likely to spend on wellness
therapies instead of healthcare costs because
they believe in the return of investment of such
therapies which can help them to stay aware
regarding their body and health.
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Virtual consultations To maximize the growth of
preventive healthcare, providers are open to
provide their services online. This virtual
consultation can empower patients to take
treatments as per their comfort. Virtual
consultation is on the rise due to the covid-19
pandemic and stays for a long. Also, patients
awareness of health technology is rising and
patients are making effective use of it to track
and monitor their health. This new set of
changes can be difficult for providers. However,
by integrating new practices, protocols, and
technologies into your existing workflows,
providers can increase access and efficiency
while improving the practice and overall patient
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