Affordable Primary Care, Ltd. and Southwest Doctors, PA: Grassroots Healthcare Solution to Hit $1.5 Million in Free Services.Houston physicians offer free cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes screenings to Houston's small to medium-size business community HOUSTON -- Affordable Primary Care, Ltd. (APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. ) announced today that it is partnering with Southwest Doctors, PA (SWD SWD Social Welfare Department (Hong Kong) SWD Software Design SWD Southwestern Division SWD Southward SWD Solid Waste Disposal SWD Seward Alaska (airport) SWD Short Wave Diathermy ) to offer free blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol screenings for Houston businesses and non-profit organizationsa[bar] for up to 25,000 Houstonians. As a part of a community outreach program, APC and SWD (with 42 physicians in 17 clinics across the greater Houston Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown is a 10-county metropolitan area defined by the Office of Management and Budget. It is located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas. area) will offer local business employees and non-profit organizations free blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol checks on a first-call, first-serve basis beginning December 1, 2006. Depending on the response, screenings may be conducted on-site. "High blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol problems have been labeled the asilent killer' and contribute to stroke, heart attack, blindness, kidney failure kidney failure or renal failure Partial or complete loss of kidney function. Acute failure causes reduced urine output and blood chemical imbalance, including uremia. Most patients recover within six weeks. and many other severe complications if left undiagnosed", says Dr. Cheryl Johnson, who took care of patients in a Harris County Harris County is the name of several counties in the United States:
This free service would usually cost between $75 to $100. Based on the projected number of participants, APC and SWD fully anticipate hitting more than $1.5 million dollars in free care to Houstonians. When asked what an employee can expect, Tracey Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. , Director of Practice Management said, "A nurse will check blood pressure, collect blood for a fasting blood sugar, and conduct a complete cholesterol panel [checking for both good and bad cholesterols]. Results will be reviewed by a physician and sent to the employee within a week." Screenings are expected to book quickly. To make reservations before spaces are filled, organizations and businesses need to call: 713-292-2345. Affordable Primary Care Plan provides unlimited outpatient primary care clinic visits at less than $25 per employee per month, the most affordable coverage in Houston. ABOUT SOUTHWEST DOCTORS, PA: Southwest Doctors, PA (SWD) is a multi-specialty physician group composed predominately of primary care physicians including board-certified pediatricians, family practice, and internal medicine physicians who provide healthcare services to Houston and the surrounding suburbs. With more than 42 full-time physicians and 25 contracted physicians, with 17 clinics thought-out the greater Houston area, SWD accepts most insurance in addition to APC. SWD physicians are credentialed at area hospitals including: Memorial Hermann, Methodist, St. Luke's St. Luke's or St Luke's can refer to:
n.pr See acid, hydroxycitric. and Tenet Healthcare systems. Everyone deserves a primary care provider. For more information, please visit www.affordableprimarycare.com or www.swdoctors.com |
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