WHY WAS LACHESIS HEALTH CREATED?
Preventable death and disability occur daily in Australia (one Australian dies every two hours from bowel cancer alone) despite access to one of the most sophisticated healthcare systems in the world. In other words, the technology exists, but you are probably not receiving its full benefit.

Medical records tend to be inaccessible, inconsistent and/or innaccurate.
Medical practices are set up to see a large number of patients, briefly, for a specific and often short-term concern - preventive health must therefore be practised ad hoc, as an after thought.

Doctors are better paid by Medicare for a fast job, not a thorough job.

Preventive health does not sit high enough on the list of priorities, largely because the benefits are perceived as too distant and priorities such as finances take precedence.
If the benefits of health seem distant, consider the fact that living just four more years than the average Australian life expectancy of around 80 effectively adds more than an hour to every day - could you find a use for that time?

Finances give the illusion of being our top priority because we are reminded of them with every bill we pay and cheque we receive. The daily functioning of our bodies is taken for granted because it works automatically until something goes wrong. If we're lucky, the damage is reversible.

Your assets are only of use to you if you can use them - the first response to a car accident is often: " I don't care about the car, I'm just happy we're all OK".

Retirement planning means preserving capital, providing income AND preserving the miraculous human body and mind that allow us to enjoy what we have.

Have you considered how much you should spend on mortgage repayments and superannuation without considering how much time and money to invest in preserving your physical and mental capabilities?

Does it make more sense to devote time and money (often in very large amounts) to health and life insurance, which offer a consolation benefit when it is too late, or to insuring that your health and life are well protected?

Have you ever actually considered the details of what would happen if it was you in a nursing home - your 'nest egg' swallowed by fees, your relatives not sure how often they should visit or what to talk about, your activities dictated by staff members. How many nursing home residents do you think actually thought it would happen to them?
 Why do medical records tend to be inaccessible, inconsistent
 and/or  innaccurate?
Inaccuracies occur if a diagnosis is made incorrectly or 'off-the-cuff'; because of errors in patient recollection and because some terms mean different things to different doctors.

Inaccessibility is due to the traditional notion that medical records should be stored only at a doctor's surgery.
 What are the solutions?
Information gathering should be thorough, including patient history, family history (often neglected, it can provide vital clues to possible threats to your life), examination findings and test results.

Information should be verified as far as possible - simply accepting what is remembered or copied from a previous record compounds errors.

A copy of the medical record should be kept by the patient so that is accessible at all times.

The medical record should be updated regularly.
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Lachesis Health was created to specifically address two problems in health care:
 Why does easily preventable death and disability occur?
What are the solutions?
A medical practice devoted to preventive health AND

Making preventive health a priority now while you still have your health and independence and the opportunity to preserve them
Consider the following: