FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - Scope of the Website
Our website deals with preventive health in the form of informational and educational method of identifying the causes, risk factors, screening and recommendations for specific conditions.
- The goal is to empower you to become well versed in the process of preventing future health problems
- Majority of the content on myQmd follows US federal guidelines for defined preventive services as outlined by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
- Our recommendations may not reflect last year’s updates, but be rest assured that our team has taken recent peer-reviewed articles into consideration
- Our website prompts you to understand that early detection of medical problems, illnesses, and diseases help your doctor provide proactive care and treatment while routine care can help you stay focused on your own health goals
Be aware that:
Our website is not in lieu of telehealth and does not get involved in the evaluation, diagnosis and/or treatment of existing health concerns
To all of you, our health-conscious subscribers, we as a team hope that you value preventive health from following information encompassing the scope of our website:
Preventive health is an applied science dealing with preservation of the health both of the individual and of the community. Prophylaxis, general and individual (Preventive care can drastically increase your lifespan because it allows you to catch things early and treat them much easier (e.g. weight management leading to increased lifespan and prevention of diseases like DM II and heart disease). Application to all forms of disease not limited to infectious diseases.
Components of preventive health:
1. Biostatistics and the application of biostatistical principles and methodology
2. Epidemiology and its application to population-based medicine and research
3. Health services management and administration including: developing, assessing, and assuring
Levels of prevention: Primordial/Primal, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary
How are you different from other similar web portals like webMD?
Our team considers that webportals like WebMD deal with vast information on symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of diseases while our focus is on not only the causes and recommendations for preventive health measures in allopathic medicine, but also in alternative medicine. As we are the only webportal that utilizes PSBQ, you will gain insight and reach the desired outcome after answering pertinent questions faster than reading raw material from other webportals besides WebMD.
What if there is conflict in preventive services time frame and/or methodology of screening?
We haven’t come across any significant conflict between two US federal health agencies, but please don’t hesitate to inform our team.
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