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Live a healthy life

Maintaining your health

The entire staff at OMC is committed to helping you maintain the highest level of wellness possible. It is only through a mutual effort between you and our staff that this can be done.

We have developed a list of preventive services that we believe will help us to better assess your ability to maintain optimum health. But, it will be even more important for you to become an active partner in maintaining your health. OMC is committed as a team to assist you in caring for yourself. From clinician to front desk personnel, from nurse to laboratory technician, we are committed to helping you do what is necessary to maintain your health.

We urge you to become informed, ask questions, become an active partner as we strive to improve your health. Your health is truly in your hands.

Guidelines for Preventive Medical Services

Height and Weight

• Weight at periodic health exam (every 3 years for ages 19-64 and yearly from age 65)
• Height once after age 18

Colon Cancer Screening

• Fecal occult blood test annually age 50 and over plus flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years if negative;  or
• A colonoscopy every ten years age 50 and over

Blood Pressure

• Every 2 years

Influenza Vaccination

• Yearly after age 64

Cholesterol

• Every 5 years for all patients ages 20 through 65

Pneumococcus Vaccination

• Once after age 64

Clinical Breast Exams for Women

• Every 3 years for ages 20-39
• Annually age 40 and over

Tetanus Booster

• Every 10 years

Mammogram

• Baseline at age 40
• Annually age 50 and over

Hepatitis B

• All young adults not previously immunized

Cervical Pap Smear

• Every 3 years for ages 18 and older;  after 3 consecutive yearly negative tests

Tobacco Usage

• Advise and assist at every office visit to stop tobacco use
• Reinforcement for those who recently quit (within the last six months)