Annual Visits with your primary care team can be a sacred time to step back and reflect on your overall health. By setting aside this dedicated time, we can improve chronic conditions and focus on disease prevention.
During the visit, your primary care physician will review chronic medical conditions, medications, allergies, family history, and lifestyle risk factors. We will personalize preventative health screening to ensure you are up to date with the latest evidence-based health guidelines for disease prevention and health promotion.
How to prepare for your annual visit
Here is how you can prepare for and get the most out of your annual visit.
Review your chart
Review your problem list, medications and allergies in Patient Gateway prior to the visit. Please let us know if anything is incorrect or outdated. We want your medical chart to be an accurate representation of your health.
List your supplements
List any over the counter supplements you are taking, including the name, dose and frequency. Better yet, bring the medications to your visit for review.
Share outside records
Share copies of medical consultations, tests or vaccines you have completed outside our system to ensure we have a comprehensive understanding of your health. You can send this to us via Patient Gateway or bring copies to your visit.
Bring your home readings
If you are monitoring blood pressure or blood sugar at home, please bring those readings as well as your at-home device with you to the visit.
Reflect on your priorities
Take time to reflect on your health priorities and concerns prior to the visit. Consider asking loved ones if they have any concerns about your health that should be discussed with the medical team. Make a list to remember to address everything during the visit. Many of our patients message this list via Patient Gateway before the visit or bring the list to the appointment.
While we are always happy to address new concerns at the annual visit, we encourage you to reach out to us right away if you are having a new or worsening medical concern. Please do not wait for the annual visit. We would much rather see you sooner to ensure that you stay healthy and feel your best.
As primary care providers, we look forward to annual visits with our patients. It is a time for us to reflect on your health, plan for the future, and focus on disease prevention and wellness. We also enjoy hearing personal and family updates and seeing photos of recent activities. Please do not hesitate to reach out to our team if you need to schedule your annual visit.
Our goal is to provide you with proactive, personalized, preventive care – and the annual visit is a great opportunity to work on this together.
