Proactive Health Outlet

Proactive Heath Outlet is an online health resource and marketing website providing medical information, products and services to assist you in becoming more involved in your health management and a participant in proactive preventive health management, which are two of the keys to maintaining and improving health.

Proactive health management includes a mindset and the accompanying actions by an individual directed at maintaining or improving health.

Preventive health management involves the actions and activities undertaken by an individual or healthcare provider to detect and prevent illness in an individual who considers himself or herself to be healthy or free of the disease(s) being screen for. Preventive health management is a shared responsibility between a patient and healthcare provider.

Physician preventive health management responsibilities include things such as ordering screening laboratory tests, performing physical examinations and ordering appropriate tests based on health information obtained either by the physician or information obtained through proactive actions on the part of the patient.

Proactive health management and proactive preventive health management actions which are directed by a patient overlap and examples are the following:   

v      Avoiding smoking or attempting to quit smoking 

v      Getting proper nutrition 

v      Participating in a weight loss program if you are overweight 

v      Exercising regularly 

v      Avoiding or abstaining from excessive alcohol intake 

v      Monitoring your blood pressure, particularly if you have hypertension 

v      Monitoring your blood sugar if you have diabetes mellitus or family member have diabetes 

v      Keeping a personal health record 

v      Avoiding drug abuse 

v      Formulating and getting answers to questions about your health 

v      Obtaining health insurance 

v      Filing prescriptions and taking prescription medication prescribed by your physician 

The self-help provided by this website is not intended to replace or be a substitute for the expertise and guidance of your healthcare professional, but rather is intended to supplement that expertise and guidance. It is intended to help you become more involved in your healthcare in partnership with your healthcare professional to improve your health and the results of the health care you receive.

The medical informational resources provided by this site consist of articles, eBooks, medical news articles and videos on topics relevant to proactive health management.

The product health resources provided by Proactive Health Outlet intended to help you improve your health include a state-or-the-art personal health record (HealthFrame Family Edition), quality blood pressure monitors, a blood pressure tracker, test kits, weight loss resources and resources to help quit smoking.   

Service resources providing self-help include a reputable online pharmacy, a premier online health insurance agency and an Expert Online Service to get answers to medical questions.   

There are also links from Proactive Health Outlet to websites containing information pertaining to locating clinical medical trials and prescription assistance programs, thus providing self-help for individuals who need medical care but can't afford it. Participation in an FDA approved clinical medical trial can be a means of obtaining free quality care from a physician and free prescription medication while participating in the trial. Prescription assistance programs are a viable means of obtaining prescription medications by qualified individuals who need but can't afford them.    

Most of the articles and videos provided by this website are free self-help resources to improve your health. Additionally, Proactive Health Outlet is affiliated with some of the product and service merchants and thus receives a commission for purchases made via links from this website.  We have made a good faith effort to carefully evaluate products and services and have chosen those that which meet high quality standards and that can legitimately help you improve your health.