Your Health, Your Way: Personalized Health Checkups and Lifestyle Management at Apollo Hospitals

Introduction

People in the working-age group between 30 and 60 are more vulnerable to lifestyle diseases compared to younger or older adults. A sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy eating habits, irregular working hours, and odd sleeping habits put a person at risk of developing health conditions that can otherwise be avoided through regular screening and healthy lifestyle modifications. Health evaluations and screening can help detect abnormalities early, which can possibly be life-saving.

At Apollo Hospitals, Karnataka, we aim to bring personalized health checkups for individuals of all age groups through predictive risk analysis powered by AI, providing a tailor-made path to wellness and good health. Led by medical experts with extensive experience in various disciplines of medicine, a Personal Health Risk Assessment (pHRA) of individuals offers a comprehensive approach to preventive care, encouraging early detection of diseases to enhance the efficacy of treatment.

Significance of Personalized Health Checkups

As the adage goes, “prevention is better than cure”, doctors and healthcare providers encourage regular screening to obtain a clear picture of the overall health status that may throw light upon existing and budding health conditions requiring medical attention. It’s like a sneak peek into the future health and vitality of individuals. As such, personalized health checkups offer a wide range of benefits that extend beyond simple health assessment.

• Early Detection of Diseases

The first and most important benefit imparted by a personalized health checkup is to catch diseases early when they’re in their incubation period or early stages. That’s when it’s easiest to treat and control spreading.

• Timely Diagnosis and Prevention

Regular health checkups empower individuals to learn more about their health and body, and aids doctors to diagnose diseases before symptoms manifest. This may as well help doctors devise ways in which diseases can be prevented entirely.

• Personalized Wellness

Through personalized checkups, doctors and healthcare providers can gain insight into the individual health status of different persons. This enables individuals to receive tailored healthcare advice and suggestions that contribute to living a healthy life with greater activeness and knowledge of personal health.

• Disease Management

Regular screening is extremely important for checking the transmission of communicable and chronic diseases. It helps to track the disease’s development, modify treatment regimes, and prevent complications from diseases.

• Reducing Financial Costs

Keeping a tab of health can potentially prevent costly hospital visits due to unexpected health scares. In the long run, it is cheaper to prevent a health condition than to treat it. As a bonus benefit of a stress-free health checkup, individuals can avail deduction up to ₹5,000 per financial year under the Income Tax Act. This deduction would apply to health checkups for spouse, children, parents, and other dependent family members. Additionally, it is possible to avail a joint tax deduction of up to ₹25,000 – ₹50,000 on medical insurance policy premiums and check-up bills.

Who Should Get Preventive Health Checkups?

Personalized health checkups for disease prevention is ideal for individuals within the age group of 30 to 60 years. These individuals are often exposed to a sedentary lifestyle along with a  stressful work life. Individuals with a family history of any particular health problems like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or even certain cancers, are more prone to such diseases. Such individuals should start regular screening as early as possible to avoid complications later on and manage any prevailing health condition effectively.

ProHealth: The Apollo Healthcare Trailblazer

The advanced and innovative health checkup platform, brought to you by Apollo – ProHealth, is India’s first personalized health management program. It strives to adopt a preventive healthcare approach through AI-driven predictive analysis algorithms, guided by medical experts with extensive experience in providing comprehensive health assessments and tailored medical treatments. This program has been developed as a holistic, multifaceted endeavor towards preventive healthcare, drawing on over 40 years of pioneering efforts by Apollo to cater to the specific needs of patients.

ProHealth spearheads efforts in three priority areas:

• Predictive analysis of health risks based on personal, medical, and family history along with specific demographics through a multi organ evaluation process.
• Prevent onset of chronic lifestyle diseases through regular communication with doctors and follow-up health assessments.
• Set personalized health goals to meet the special and unique health needs of individuals, supported by health mentors and digital nudging to stay on track.

Specialized Apollo ProHealth Programs

At Apollo, we recognise the unique needs of individuals with different lifestyles and everyday habits. A school-going youngster would have very different health goals and prevention styles than retired veterans or corporate employees. Personalized health checkup initiatives under the ProHealth program by Apollo encompasses the following groups of individuals:

• Executive Health Check

Rising cases of noncommunicable diseases have been observed in corporate employees, with younger individuals manifesting such diseases at an alarming rate than most others. Mainly owing to stress and unhealthy eating habits, along with a sedentary lifestyle and a lack of adequate sleep and physical activity, corporates are at the most risk of non-communicable diseases. An Executive Health Check program offers tailored assessments for corporate professionals.

• Senior Citizen Check

Geriatric medical care is another facet of comprehensive healthcare aimed at managing existing health conditions and enhancing the quality of life. The Senior Citizen Check program addresses individual health concerns and special health needs associated with aging through a comprehensive approach, promoting a comfortable living in old age.

• Master Health Check

For a faster yet more detailed evaluation of different organs, a Master Health Check provides comprehensive diagnostic testing and physician consultation for health concerns.

• Whole Body Health Check

To address every major and minor health concern and provide all-round coverage of health evaluation, the Whole Body Health Check is ideal for individuals seeking thorough organ-wise diagnostic tests with special consultation with physicians.

By prioritizing personalized health checkups, you empower yourself to take charge of your health and make informed choices and decisions for a healthier and happier life.