Aliento Health and Wellness' Strategy

ALIENTO HEALTH AND WELLNESS:WHO ARE WE AND WHAT DO WE DO?

We are a blogging site created to impart knowledge, spear on health seeking behaviour and encourage people to live long, quality and happy lives.

This blog post provides articles specifically focused on Preventative Healthcare and Behavioural Intervention- not just how and when to screen for diseases, but also how to recognise signs and symptoms that should prompt health seeking behaviour, so as to present early, eliminating costly complications and improve quality of life. So the focus is on early detection, risk reduction, and long-term wellness - a proactive, patient-centred health hub. The site will also provide articles that will provide information on difficult to understand healthcare jargon, as well as summarising the latest literature on various conditions, treatment options and techniques that will de-mystifying often miss-understood westernised conditions and treatments.

What can you expect here at Aliento Health and Wellness:

1. In your Web browser, go to: Alientomd.com
2. Go to your Zoom or Teams log in (an App that you can download via the Apple App store)
3. Clink on the calendar time that is available and that suites you: either for a twenty minute consultation or a 35 minute consultation)
4. Enter you Payfast details - this will guide you to a questionnaire
5. Fill in your personal health and wellness questionnaire
6. Unmute your voice and camera
7. We’ll start your consultation and take from there

Patients will be recommended to stick to screening guidelines (applicable to different genders, age and co-morbidity), and when to show up for early assessments, and take on lifestyle guidance, often before symptoms appear. The site atmosphere is be calm, welcoming, educational and professional. In addition, Aliento will provide a one-on-one face-to-face consultation slot of 20 min for R250 or for 35 minutes for R500 slot with a Doctor to discuss a problem, an ailment, a disease concern, or any other medical related issues. Before a consultation can begin, a payment and proof of payment must be done before the consultation can begin (see banking details below). This will take place via Zoom or Teams and you will have the ability to show the doctor your condition. The result of the consultation will either be a diagnosis of your disease (or a differential diagnosis - where more than one options could exist), together with a script for medication that you can procure from a pharmacy, or a referral to a specialist if so required.