Sound Health Care Center

Dr. Steve Fredrikson Announces Retirement

Susan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:54:22 +0000

Steve Fredrikson, MD has decided to take down his shingle and will retire on September 17, 2010. Dr. Fredrikson has served the South Kitsap community as a family practice physician for 32 years. Dr. Fredrikson’s friendly, easy-going style and dry sense of humor will be greatly missed by his many loyal patients. Dr. Fredrikson has named Sound Health Care Center as custodian of his medical records.

[See post to watch Flash video]Please take the opportunity to say goodbye to Dr. Fredrikson, thank him for his many years of service and celebrate his retirement by posting a comment.

A family physician may be a fit for you if:

Tiffany — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:30:27 +0000

You are seeking comprehensive preventative care to lead a more healthy, active life.
You would like to find a physician that can see you, your spouse and your children.
You or a family member have been touched by a chronic illness and you desire to have someone to guide you through making decisions to improve your health.
You are seeking a home for your healthcare needs, someone to “quarterback” your care and be there to assist you every step of the way.

Health information can be difficult for patients to understand and comply with

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:39:31 +0000

Health information and medication administration can be difficult to understand and comply with. The number one cause of mortality in adults is cardiovascular disease. For prevention of this disease, monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol levels play an important role. Medication is often times required to regulate the disease. With a diagnosis of hypertension (high blood pressure) and/or hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), frequent dosage and medication changes are often made to assure therapeutic levels are maintained and cardiovascular risks are lessened. Somewhere amongst the changes and diagnosis, information is misunderstood or brushed off as unimportant. This results in wrongfully administered medications or all together stopping the medication. A recent issue of American Family Physician, puts this into perspective. They relay the message that only 50% of Americans take their medication as directed. It is unclear whether it is from a lack of understanding as to why they are taking a medication, completely misunderstanding their medicine’s administration and dosing, or simply being noncompliant. The real issue here is that just half of the Americans taking medications are taking them as prescribed. Taking all medications as directed and asking questions as needed, will help reduce the risk of greater health care issues.