Primary Care

Everyone deserves a compassionate health care team they can call when they’re sick, need help with a chronic disease, or have questions or concerns about their health. That’s the type of care you can depend on when you choose primary care from HealthStone Primary Care Partners in Hollywood, Florida. Its experienced team provides preventive health care and comprehensive treatment for all of your primary care needs. To schedule a primary care appointment, call the office or request an appointment online today.

What is primary care?

Primary care refers to the comprehensive services provided by medical professionals caring for your health. As primary care providers, the team at HealthStone Primary Care Partners serves as the first people you call when you need medical attention, whether for an acute illness, preventive health care, chronic disease management, or a routine physical.

Your primary care provider also refers you to medical specialists when needed, coordinates your care from all providers, and helps you find community resources.

What services are available through primary care?

HealthStone Primary Care Partners has years of experience diagnosing and treating the full range of health conditions faced by adults. The team’s services include:

• Sick visits
• Annual physicals
• Vaccinations
• Women’s health care
• Men’s health care
• Senior care
• Weight loss management
• Wellness and preventive care
• Chronic disease management

Primary care providers build long-term relationships to help you stay healthy and well throughout your adult life.

Does primary care prevent and manage chronic diseases?

Chronic diseases develop over many years. As the disease progresses, you have a window of opportunity — a period of time in which you can take steps to stop the full-blown disease from developing.

Primary care providers use regular check-ups like annual physicals to screen your risks for disease and find signs of problems at an early stage, while the disease is still preventable.

Then they create a treatment plan to support your health. Following a healthy diet, exercising, and losing weight can often stop chronic disease progression. Your provider may also prescribe medications when needed.

After a chronic disease takes hold, it isn’t curable. Instead, your primary care provider develops a long-term management plan to slow down or prevent the disease from progressing to an advanced stage.

Can primary care monitor my heart health?

HealthStone Primary Care Partners specializes in preventing heart disease. The team regularly screens for issues that raise your risk of developing heart disease, including:

• Family history of heart disease
• High cholesterol
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Smoking
• Lack of exercise

If you’re at risk for heart disease or you have worrisome symptoms, your provider performs an in-office electrocardiogram (EKG) to quickly evaluate your heart health.

Call the office or book an appointment online today, whether you’re a new patient looking for a medical home or an existing patient needing an annual physical or help for a health concern.