Preventive Care

Preventive Care services serving Prince George's, Frederick, Germantown and Montgomery Counties in Maryland

Preventive care covers a variety of services to include: physical exams, testing, and immunizations. At Redicare Mobile Health Service, you can receive these services in the comfort of your home. The experienced team provides convenient mobile and telehealth services to patients in Frederick, Germantown, Montgomery, or Prince George’s counties in Maryland. Call Redicare Mobile Health Service or book an appointment online today.

What is preventive care?

Preventive care is medical care that prevents sickness, chronic disease, and other health problems. Many common chronic diseases are preventable if you detect warning signs early. With preventive care, you can treat the problem before it ever starts.

Over time, preventive care saves a great deal of time and money. It can help keep you out of the hospital and allow you to enjoy the best quality of life.

What does preventive care include?

At Redicare Mobile Health Service, preventive care encompasses services such as:

School physicals
Sports physicals
Employment physicals

Immunizations Infectious Disease Testing These services often require patients to visit a doctor’s office or clinic, but Redicare Mobile Health Service makes preventive care easy by coming to your home or other convenient location.

Who might need preventive care?

Everyone needs preventive care to stay healthy. For example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends yearly flu shots for everyone starting in infancy.

School, sports, and employment physicals are also excellent ways to stay aware of any possible health issues and prevent medical surprises.

There are many types of situation-specific preventive care as well. An example of this is purified protein derivative (PPD) skin tests, which check for silent cases of TB.

How do preventive care appointments work?

Redicare Mobile Health Service brings preventive care to you. You can schedule an in-home visit for most preventive care services, but some types of care are also available through telehealth.

Telehealth visit

For telehealth visits, you get an email or text message prompting you to complete the patient registration process before your visit. Then, you receive a link, which you click 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment time. You’ll see your medical provider and receive guidance virtually.

Home visit

For home visits, you complete your patient registration forms before the appointment. On the day of your appointment, you receive a two-hour window of time in which your provider arrives at your location.

If you need any paperwork completed, you receive it at the end of your visit. Prescriptions (if needed) are electronically transmitted to your pharmacy of choice.

To learn more about preventive care, call Redicare Mobile Health Service or book an appointment online today.