Daily Wellness Check is very important to keep your child, our students, and our staff safe. To prevent viruses from spreading rapidly, complete this Wellness Checklist each day before sending your child to school. We’re all in this together! Graduate and professional students on the Beckley, Keyser, and Health Sciences campuses should begin daily participation immediately. Students and employees at Morgantown are encouraged to participate in the survey by Wednesday, Aug. 26. Survey data will help the University monitor infection rates and community spread, even among remote workers and online students.
Students, faculty, and staff health information will help guide appropriate, data-driven decisions, including when it’s safe to bring back more people. Preventing health issues requires a baseline check on your health and some guidance from a medical professional on how to improve it.
The importance of wellness checks lies in this fact. You can gauge your overall health and wellness by visiting your doctor when you’re feeling well, thus preventing medical issues. Take a look at what West Tennessee Medical Group provider Gregory Cox, MD, has to say.
The Importance of Wellness Checks
These types of medical visits go by a variety of names. The term “annual physical” or “checkup” may be familiar to you. Regardless of what it is called, this appointment serves the same purpose. A physician can keep a close eye on your overall health if you see him or her on an annual basis.
During this checkup, your medical provider can perform a thorough physical examination, discuss any symptoms or health issues you may have, review your medical records, and recommend any age-appropriate screenings.
Even if you see other doctors, such as a cardiologist or an orthopedist, this is important. Primary care providers, like internal medicine physicians or OB/GYNs, are able to discuss your health in total. To ensure your health, your PCP can coordinate your care with other medical providers.
Could there be anything better? Most insurance plans cover wellness checks as a “preventive health service”. Your medical provider may also provide free screenings and other preventive services. Among the health, screenings are mammograms, colonoscopies, cholesterol panels, and routine vaccinations, such as the flu vaccine and COVID-19.
In addition to your personal health, your family medical history, and your lifestyle habits, your doctor can help you decide what specific tests and vaccinations you need.
Why Now Is the Time to Schedule a Wellness Check
It’s no secret that 2020 was a strange year. It’s been a weird start to 2021, too, with COVID-19 still lingering. In the last year, many of us have spent more time at home. Children learn from home in some cases, and many people continue to work from home. Our interactions outside the household are limited to avoid getting COVID-19.
Daily Wellness Check and other important appointments related to health were often skipped by many people. Delaying checkups and cancer screenings could lead to cancer and other conditions being diagnosed later when they are less treatable.
Now is the time to flip the switch. We’re not the only ones who are overdue for wellness checks or screenings like mammograms. Over 40 percent of people skipped medical care during the pandemic, according to the American Medical Association.
