This healthcare professional works closely with your primary care provider and other specialists to implement a total treatment plan customized for your specific condition in order to achieve the best possible outcome. In addition, your care manager helps you better understand your condition and your doctor’s personalized care plan for you.
Emergency Care
The goal of our Transitions of Care team is to make sure you receive the best possible follow-up care after you are discharged from the hospital, nursing home, rehabilitation hospital or emergency room. Our team works closely with these medical facilities to ensure that your transition to home goes smoothly.
Infectious Diseases
By Bruce Farber, MD, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Northwell Health. Article published in The Well by Northwell *Editor’s note: The information in this article is current as of August 16, 2021. We’re updating our COVID-19 and vaccination information as frequently as possible. This data changes quickly, so we urge you to visit the CDC website for the most current […]
Electrocardiogram
Immunizations
Wellness programs and immunizations are essential to your health and quality of life, throughout the entire span of your lifetime.
Other screenings: Your doctor may order additional screenings (bone density test for osteoporosis, skin exam for skin cancer, eye exam for cataracts and glaucoma) and may refer you to specialists to perform them.
Endometriosis is a gynecological condition that affects 190 million women globally, according to the World Health Organization. A chronic disease with no known cause or cure, endometriosis demands continuous research and is gaining widespread recognition. Development of endometriosis begins when tissue that normally grows in the uterine lining starts growing outside of the uterus – […]
Cervical cancer was once one of the most deadly forms of cancer among American women. Now, an easy screening exists that has significantly reduced the incidence and mortality rate associated with cervical cancer in the United States–the Pap smear. Pap screens are recommended for any sexually active female age 21 or over. Dr. Val Petrosian, a gynecologist for […]
Prostate Cancer
Cancer screening: Colorectal cancer screenings should begin at age 50, and earlier if you have a family history or exhibit risk factors. Women should be screened for breast cancer and gynecological cancers starting at age 40. Men should be screened for prostate cancer starting at age 50.
At Westchester Health, we strongly believe in the importance of immunizations and fully advise them for all of our patients, from infants to seniors. Immunizations are safe, do not cause autism, save millions of lives and greatly reduce the spread of disease.
Lifestyle considerations: You and your physician may discuss lifestyle factors that are important to your health and well-being, as well as those that are detrimental to your health. These may include drug and alcohol use, smoking, diet, physical activity, mental health, sexual health, stress, immunizations and any other aspects of your life that influence your health.