EXECUTIVE
HEALTH
Starting in June of 2001 Vernon Urgent
Care will be launching Executive Health Care. This exam is not for everyone
since many insurance companies will not reimburse for it. The idea is
to implement cutting edge diagnostic tools years before they are implemented
to the general population on a routine basis. These new tests may not
be cost effective for society at large, since their role in detecting
and preventing illness is yet to be established. At one time, mammography,
PSA, and stress tests were not considered cost effective; today they
are an integral part of all physical exams.
Components of the Executive Exam:
- Eye exams
- Rectal/prostate exams for males
- PSA levels for males · Colonoscopy *
- EKG
- Spirometry *
- Mammograms *
- Pelvic and Pap Smears for females *
- Breast Exams
- Immunizations
- Imaging Studies *
- CXR
- Thallium Stress tests
- Stress testing *
- Digital total body CT Scans
- Densitometry
- Bone scans when indicated
- Blood work:
CBC, metabolic profiles, PSA, kidney function, thyroid function,
immune system function, anemia evaluation, cardiac risk stratification,
vitamin levels, Cholesterol and triglycerides, advance cancer
screening tests.
* These are tests that will
be performed by specialists in that field affiliated with
the Vernon Urgent Care Network.
