Employees to benefit more from customized health checks

Manila, Philippines -  Healthy employees are the key drivers of a company’s productivity and profitability. If a company wants to make sure that its most valuable assets are well taken care of, the usual annual health check or physical examination may not be enough. A customized preventive health check may prove to be more beneficial to employees.

“With the basic annual health checks, the patient’s work-up and assessment may always be the same, fragmented or limited. If a doctor is not careful in evaluating the person as a whole, important things pertaining to the patient’s health may be missed,” says Dr. Denise Herrera-Lavilles, section head for Adult Wellness at The Medical City’s Center for Wellness and Aesthetics (TMC-CWA).

The basic annual physical examination for employees usually includes laboratory tests, chest X-ray, urinalysis, fecalysis or stool analysis, and ECG (electrocardiogram) depending on the age of the employee.

According to Dr. Lavilles, if a patient, for example, has several risk factors for diabetes or heart disease such as excess weight, strong family history or abnormal cholesterol levels, his health check itinerary should be modified to include pre-diabetes screening and other tests to address what could be a major health concern now or in the near future. Redundant or less vital tests may be replaced by more crucial or focal work-ups, depending on the patient’s needs. This would be possible with a customized health check.

With this in mind, TMC-CWA is offering customized, optimized, personalized (COP) preventive health checks. COP preventive health check refers to the patient’s own modified executive check-up with a unique itinerary that will not only address his individual concerns but also emphasize medical conditions needing more thorough evaluation.

“More and more of our clients are realizing the benefits of customized health checks and this tends to motivate them more to improve their well-being,” notes Dr. Lavilles.

TMC-CWA’s customized preventive health check packages are tailor-fit to each person, addressing one’s specific health concerns. This is made possible through health profiling where previous results and health check reports of each patient are retrieved, collated, tabulated, and reviewed in detail by the Center’s wellness physicians in order to show trends and emphasize health concerns that need to be addressed.

“Health profiling makes our patients more responsible for their own health. We provide our clients a clear picture of their own health status and this awareness motivates them to take better care of themselves. We encourage them to lead healthier lifestyles so they’ll get good or even better results in their next check-up,” states Dr. Lavilles.

She likewise stressed the importance of a preventive health check not just for employees but also for every person concerned about his health.

“It’s always good to catch the disease while manageable, even better still to prevent it from happening in the first place,” Dr. Lavilles points out.

TMC’s COP Preventive Health Check packages could be the best gift companies can give to their employees. Companies availing of TMC’s health packages can also benefit from Company Health Profiling where data generated from employee health checks are compiled and assessed so that relevant company health issues and lifestyle-related risk factors and behaviors can be identified. The company health profile can likewise help employers design and implement appropriate wellness programs and projects for their employees.

TMC-CWA is located on the 6th and 7th floors of The Medical City on Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City. For more information on COP packages, call Center for Wellness and Aesthetics at 988-1000/988-7000 extension 6576/6579.