Life Line Screening
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Life Line Screening is a privately run health screening company founded in Cleveland, USA in 1993. The company, which operates out of the USA and United Kingdom
, operate community-based preventative screening services for a range of health issues and is the largest provider of mobile screening services in the USA.
, Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and Abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA).
There are over 16,000 local community events per year which provide these screening services. Normally, Life Line Screening charges a fee for their services.
A number of quality studies has been conducted in order to validate the screening methods used by organisations including the University of South Florida
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Life Line Screening launched their services in the UK in 2007.
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which provides such services for free. The counter argument is based around the choice of individuals to pay for health services for convenience or as a means of generating peace of mind.
United Kingdom
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, operate community-based preventative screening services for a range of health issues and is the largest provider of mobile screening services in the USA.
Background
The company was founded in Florida in 1993 by Colin Scully and Timothy Phillips. The service has since expanded across the USA and the United Kingdom.Operations
Worldwide, the company has conducted over 6 million health screenings since it began, and now conducts over 1 million screenings per year, which include ultrasound scans, blood screenings and electrocardiographs. Common diseases that may be detected by such screenings include Atrial fibrillationAtrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia . It is a common cause of irregular heart beat, identified clinically by taking a pulse. Chaotic electrical activity in the two upper chambers of the heart result in the muscle fibrillating , instead of achieving coordinated contraction...
, Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a localized dilatation of the abdominal aorta exceeding the normal diameter by more than 50 percent, and is the most common form of aortic aneurysm...
(AAA).
There are over 16,000 local community events per year which provide these screening services. Normally, Life Line Screening charges a fee for their services.
A number of quality studies has been conducted in order to validate the screening methods used by organisations including the University of South Florida
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...
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Life Line Screening launched their services in the UK in 2007.
Partnerships
Life Line Screening is partnered with numerous insurance companies and organizations, such as Ameriplan and Women in Technology InternationalWomen in Technology International
Women in Technology International is a worldwide organization dedicated to the advancement of women in business and technology. It was established in 1989 by Carolyn Leighton as an email-based information network business....
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Criticism
There has been significant debate within the United Kingdom as to the necessity of private health screenings and other health services due to the existence of a National Health ServiceNational Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
which provides such services for free. The counter argument is based around the choice of individuals to pay for health services for convenience or as a means of generating peace of mind.