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Preventing disease is smart health management. A key to avoiding many illnesses is bolstering immunity, with vaccines leading this healthcare strategy.

Although pediatric vaccination rates approach healthcare goals, the Center for Disease Control describe adult rates as "low." Adults may not seek vaccines due to:

• Limited medical staff resources to screen patients’ vaccination needs;
• Incomplete awareness of the CDC's changing vaccine recommendations;
• Uncertainties about vaccine safety, availability, or pain;
• Apathy or a lack of resources to obtain vaccines;
• Lack of follow-up when a series of vaccines is needed.

Origins of Rx4Preventon

As a geriatric consulting pharmacist, Philip Ostrem saw firsthand the challenges faced by senior care facilities. Amid the environment of nursing staff already stretched thin with numerous responsibilities, the task of screening, administering vaccines, and providing post-clinic support were at risk for falling through the cracks.  This troubling trend sparked the idea for Rx4Prevention—a service designed to alleviate the burden on nursing staff and families while prioritizing the health of elderly residents.

The Rx4Prevention team also provides mobile vaccine services to the broader community, including private businesses, such as banks, factories, and construction groups.