| The state of your health can be a deceptive affair. | | | | most conveniently fits their time and location. Many |
| Many of the most serious health problems for which | | | | participants appreciate that the screening events are |
| you may be at highest risk - such as stroke, heart | | | | located in facilities they are familiar with, instead of a |
| disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery | | | | doctor's office or clinic. |
| disease and osteoporosis - often show no symptoms | | | | 3. Screenings cover multiple types of diseases |
| until it is too late. Facing a painful, costly health incident | | | | A number of serious and potentially life-threatening |
| due to any one of these conditions can potentially | | | | diseases can be screened for. Examples include |
| mean becoming a burden to your family in terms of | | | | stroke, heart disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, |
| money and time. | | | | peripheral artery disease and osteoporosis. In order to |
| Many serious health conditions are preventable if | | | | detect stroke risk, for example, the recipient's carotid |
| detected early. A failure to get screened can lead to | | | | arteries are screened for blockages. Meanwhile, |
| life-long health-related and financial problems, including | | | | screening for heart-related conditions might involve an |
| the possibility of being bed-ridden or functioning at far | | | | examination of arterial stiffness or a recipient's |
| less than 100% in terms of mental and physical | | | | peripheral arteries using special detection equipment. |
| capacity. Serious incidents, such as stroke, can also | | | | 4. Mobile health screenings are non-invasive and |
| lead to a lifetime burden on family members who | | | | painless |
| would have to take care of the victim, if they do | | | | The procedures are completely non-invasive and |
| survive the stroke. | | | | painless. No needles are used, and recipients are not |
| Mobile health screening is a health service introduced | | | | required to spend time in tight or confined spaces. One |
| only in recent years. It involves an expert team of | | | | of the tools used is ultrasound. This procedure employs |
| health technicians and board-certified medical doctors | | | | similar techniques to those used by doctors to check |
| working together to run a series of screening tests to | | | | the pre-natal condition of babies in the womb. The |
| check for the presence of such asymptomatic and | | | | benefit to using ultrasound for screening, over x-ray or |
| serious diseases. As an emerging field, however, many | | | | CT scan, is that ultrasound does not emit radiation. It is |
| people are still unaware of how mobile health | | | | well documented that one CT scan can be equivalent |
| screening works or what it is. | | | | to 300-500 regular x-rays. |
| Here are 5 things you should know about mobile health | | | | 5. Screening results can be evaluated by doctors |
| screening: | | | | Screening events take about an hour. Once |
| 1. "Mobile" means that screening locations are always | | | | completed, the recipient simply returns to work, goes |
| changing | | | | home, or otherwise continues about their day. |
| Mobile health screenings are "mobile" for two reasons. | | | | Meanwhile, the results are analyzed by board-certified |
| First, the actual team of technicians travels to the site | | | | medical doctors. The doctors provide relevant |
| of a screening event in a specially-equipped vehicle | | | | comments that can be clearly understood by a |
| that contains all of the necessary screening equipment. | | | | layperson. When picking a mobile screening company, |
| Second, the locations of the events themselves are | | | | it is important to pick a company that provides all your |
| always changing. That said, screening teams | | | | images and detailed results back to you promptly so |
| consistently operate out of the same local geographic | | | | that you can provide them to your own physician upon |
| community from day to day and week to week. | | | | your next visit. |
| Therefore, community members can attend repeated | | | | Mobile health screening is a breakthrough innovation |
| screenings over time without having to travel far. | | | | that combines the convenience of locally-accessible |
| 2. Screenings are held in convenient locations in the | | | | events with top-notch, doctor-reviewed screenings |
| community | | | | that are also inexpensive and painless. Most |
| Mobile health screening events are held in a variety of | | | | importantly, the events allow people to find out and |
| locations. Churches, community centers, public buildings, | | | | potentially drastically reduce their risk of a facing |
| gyms and even libraries can serve as a forum for a | | | | serious and expensive medical incident for as little as |
| particular event. Events are planned weeks or months | | | | $200. |
| in advance to allow individuals to select an event that | | | | |