Health Maintenance Guidelines Age 50 to 74

Check blood pressure, screen for healthy weight and assess overall health. 

Cholesterol: Check every five years.

HIV: Check between ages 15-65

Hepatitis C: Check once between ages 18 to 79.

Obesity: Monitor periodically throughout adulthood.

Diabetes: Screen depending on risk factors.

Colon Cancer: Preferred Screening Options – A colonoscopy every 10 years, a stool Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) every year or a sigmoidoscopy every 10 years with annual FIT testing. Other Options – A CT colonography every five years or a FIT/DNA test every three years.

Lung Cancer: Screen annually for adults age 50-80 years old who have a 20 pack-year smoking history AND currently smoke or have quit in the last 15 years.

Blood Pressure: Check annually. 

COVID: All eligible ages should receive the recommended vaccine dose and schedule per CDC guidelines.

Influenza (Flu): Yearly flu vaccine.

Hepatitis B: All adults ages 19-59 years and age 60 years or older with risk factors for HBV should receive two, three or four doses of Hepatitis B vaccine depending on vaccine or condition.

MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella): Adults ages 50 to 59 should have recorded in their chart at least one dose of the vaccine.

Tdap/Td (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis/Tetanus and Diphtheria): Tdap or Td booster every 10 years.

Shingles: All adults age 50 and older should receive a two-dose vaccine series.

Pneumococcal: For age 65 or ages 50-64 with certain underlying medical conditions, complete vaccine series with Pneumococcal-15 and Pneumococcal-23 or Pneumococcal-20 only.

Alcohol Use

Tobacco Use, Including Vaping Electronic Cigarettes

Depression

Domestic Violence

Preventing Falls: Start at age 65.

Unhealthy Drug Use

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Skin Cancer 

Cervical Cancer Screening Options: Pap test every three years or high risk HPV with or without a Pap test every five years until age 65.

Breast Cancer: Mammography every two years.

Bone Density: Check starting at age 65. 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening: Men ages 65 to 75.

Prostate Cancer Screening: Ages 55 to 69.