It is that time of year again when the days seem to stretch for an eternity and the sun tracking high in the sky makes it challenging to find those cool shady spots. Keeping your skin safe from damaging ultra-violet (UV) rays is something essential to include in your day-to-day summertime routine.

There is a good reason that insurance companies, including Medicaid, and Medicare cover the total cost of annual wellness visits – they consider them essential to overall healthcare.

One of the overlooked advantages of providing patient care through telehealth or in-home visits is the amount of patient customization medical care companies can provide. Medical home visits can handle anything from lab work, immunizations, x-rays, automated medication dispensing, specialist referral, advanced care planning, and the daily remote monitoring of vitals.

Diabetes is a chronic problem in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in three Americans have prediabetes, and 37.3 million people are currently diagnosed with the disease. The disease, if left uncontrolled, can lead to severe complications, with cardiovascular disease being one of the most prevalent.

The power of a team in any industry rests in its expanded capabilities when focused on a common goal. A team approach in healthcare delivery uses the patient's overall wellness as its common goal. South Carolina & Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HC) combines their primary care offering with the expertise of multiple in-house specialties to benefit patients with varying needs by treating the whole patient.

People hire personal trainers to reach their fitness goals and to be held accountable for doing the work, and executives hire coaches to help them meet the goals they have set for their companies. South Carolina & Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HC) believes these same principles apply to patients setting healthcare goals, especially those suffering from chronic illnesses or struggling to make healthier lifestyle choices.

One of the most powerful tools in the South Carolina House Calls (SCHC) arsenal to help patients avoid unnecessary hospitalizations is the pharmacy consult. The consults are performed exclusively through telehealth visits for new patients transitioning in care, existing patients who need a medication review, and those requested by a provider.

South Carolina House Calls (SCHC) has taken social work to a virtual level with their new Patient Service Coordinator (PSC) role. The new position designed to increase a provider's efficiency when seeing patients through telehealth or face to face has been well received in the community.

Every new patient entering the Your Health system starts with our Intake Specialty team. This team of providers sees patients via telemedicine within the first 24-72 hours from referral.

The diabetic specialty group within South Carolina & Georgia House Calls has a new tool in the fight against Retinopathy. Their sophisticated new portable retina screening camera gives their practitioners within their diabetic specialty group the ability to offer an essential early screening solution for their diabetic patients.

Medical care is not a one-way street. Patients involved in their care who view the patient-caregiver relationship as a partnership will often experience better outcomes. Here are eight things patients can do to ensure the best result when seeing their provider.

Imagine making one of the most critical decisions in a person's life with no input from that person. That is the reality people face daily in hospitals across the US when loved ones fail to make their healthcare wishes known.

The world of telemedicine has experienced explosive growth, with the pandemic pushing telehealth into the mainstream. The change has also been spurred on by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) and private insurance companies recognizing the potential savings and value for the patient.

Multiple studies have shown a correlation between regular healthcare access and the reduction in hospitalizations. In addition to its primary care service, South Carolina & Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HS) has integrated over ten specialty services into its assisted living (ALF) offering.

South Carolina & Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HC) provides a continuity of care for their patients through an extensive network of resources. Those resources include multiple in-house specialties, including pharmacy, cardiology, psychotherapy, social work, diabetic specialty teams, and a new chronic care management program.

Last Sunday afternoon, 67-year-old Joe was working in his garden with his wife, Diane. Joe is highly allergic to bees and always takes the necessary precautions, until Sunday, when a bee stung him on the hand. Diane immediately called her daughter, Beth, who’s a nurse.

February is American heart month, a time that brings awareness and focus to the medical community and the public about the threat of cardiovascular disease to our nation's health.

There are numerous advantages for assisted living communities to partner with a primary care provider like South Carolina & Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HC). The key to a successful program is seeing the residents regularly and addressing issues before developing into more severe conditions.

The South Carolina summer is upon us, and we have already experienced several days in June where the temperature has hit triple digits. Tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods get a lot of media attention as significant destructive weather, but excessive heat causes more yearly fatalities than any other type of weather.