Importance of Primary Care

Why is primary care important?

Why is Primary Care important?

Your partnership with a primary care physician is extremely important because he or she...

• Helps you stay healthy by providing care for preventing, treating, and curing common illnesses, as well as promoting better health.

• Catches potential health problems early, before they become severe.

• Gives y ou a complete care over your lifespan, maintains your medical history on file, and knows when you need more advanced care, like a hospital procedure or a specialist.

• Helps prevent or identify health issues by performing regularly scheduled exams, such as physicals, and ordering routine blood work.