Early DETECTION Veterans United employee Travis Fitzgerald caught his skin cancer early by attending a corporate health screening on the Mobile Health Unit.
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ravis Fitzgerald has always spent a lot of time outdoors. He grew up in Southern California and says sunburns were part of everyday life for him as a kid. Now he is a married father of 3 and his family loves to spend time together outside. Getting checked for skin cancer was something Travis had thought about but just kept putting off. “My dad had carcinoma so I knew I should really go get checked out, but that would mean finding a dermatologist and making an appointment and I just hadn’t gotten around to it,” says Travis. One day at his job as a Senior Learning and Development Specialist at Veterans United he received an email that VU was going to have Boone Health’s Mobile Health Unit on campus to provide skin cancer screenings to employees. It is recommended by the American Academy of Dermatology to see a dermatologist annually because skin cancer is the most common form of cancer. Boone Health’s skin cancer screening on the Mobile Health Unit is a corporate service that allows a company’s employees to easily check the box when it comes to their annual dermatology appointment. However, most people do not make the effort to see a dermatologist annually because of the inconvenience of setting up an appointment. On average, employers lose a half day to a full day of work for each appointment an employee makes with a doctor. “We have the ability to see anywhere from 40 to 60 patients per day. We book dates with
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BOONE HEALTH
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