COVID-19 Patient Guidelines
SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS:
PATIENT SCREENING (24 HOUR PRE-SCREENING FOLLOWED BY A SCREENING BEFORE ENTERING THE CLINIC):
PATIENT SCREENING (24 HOUR PRE-SCREENING FOLLOWED BY A SCREENING BEFORE ENTERING THE CLINIC):
- Patients have the option of having a Review results phone consult.
- Prior to your appointment, your will receive 2 emails
1) Confirmation of the appointment with a link to COVID-19 Patient Guidelines (please become familiar with this process)
2) A COVID-19 screening survey EMAILED TO YOU and to be completed no earlier than 24 hours prior to your in-person appointment. If you answer yes to any of the questions you will be asked to reschedule your appointment; you will not be charged for the appointment if this occurs.
- If you have not completed the screening survey and arrive at the clinic, our reception team will screen you upon your arrival.
- Patient visits will be spread out to limit the number of people in the reception area at any one time.
When calling to book an appointment, you will be asked screening questions.
PATIENT SCREENING (24 HOUR PRE-SCREENING FOLLOWED BY A SCREENING BEFORE ENTERING THE CLINIC):
PATIENT SCREENING (24 HOUR PRE-SCREENING FOLLOWED BY A SCREENING BEFORE ENTERING THE CLINIC):
PATIENT SCREENING (24 HOUR PRE-SCREENING FOLLOWED BY A SCREENING BEFORE ENTERING THE CLINIC):
Reception MUST SCREEN EVERY PATIENT that comes into the office for COVID-19. If you say YES to any of the following, you will be respectfully asked to leave the clinic and your appointment will be re-booked (without any cancellation fee).
Clinic Screening Questions:
Do you have a fever and/or new cough or difficulty breathing?
In the past 14 days, have you:
- Been to a COVID-19 impacted area?
- Been in close contact with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19?
- Been traveling within/out of the country in the last 14 days?
CLINIC SAFETY:
PATIENT SCREENING (24 HOUR PRE-SCREENING FOLLOWED BY A SCREENING BEFORE ENTERING THE CLINIC):
CLINIC SAFETY:
- Patients are encouraged to limit the number of people that accompany them to any in-clinic visits. Please come alone. Only one caregiver can accompany a child or an elderly patient or a patient who needs assistance.
- Team members are monitored carefully before coming to the clinic. Team members are asked to self-isolate if showing COVID-19 Symptoms.
- Practitioners will be using PPE (gloves and masks) if doing any procedure that involves touching the patient or if in close proximity to the patient.
Breast Thermography
Breast Thermography
Breast Thermography is a breakthrough imaging procedure where infrared images of the breasts are analyzed and rated to determine the risk of developing breast diseases.
Thermography is non-invasive, safe & painless - no radiation or compression is used. The infrared imaging process allows you to see the range and amount of heat or thermal energy emitted from the body.
Thermography is based on the scientific premise that before the growth of the abnormal cells can occur, an increased blood supply must be circulated to the growth area.
Who should have Breast Thermography testing?
- Women who want to take a proactive approach to their health find great value in the additional information provided by Breast Thermography.
- Women who have had inconclusive mammograms of physical breast examinations find that Breast Thermography can help to clarify these tests, thus enabling women to better manage their breast health.
- Women with dense or fibrocystic breasts, where mammography is of little value, will benefit from thermographic monitoring.
- Young women - Breast Thermography can be safely performed on young pregnant women as it is non-invasive.
- In addition, early breast exams can provide a valuable baseline from which to measure future breast health and potential risk factors.
Early detection is important, but prevention is the key!
The advantage of an early assessment of risk factors could be life-saving. Breast Thermography is one of the best early-detection, non-invasive systems available today.
Studies have shown that:
- An abnormal infrared image is the single-most important marker of high risk for developing breast cancer.
- A persistent abnormal image carries with it a 22 times higher risk of developing future breast cancer.
- When thermography is added to a woman's regular breast health checkup, a 61% increase in survival rates has been shown.
- When thermography is used as part of a multimodal approach (clinical examination, mammography & thermography) 95% of early stage-breast diseases can be detected.