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Defining Emergency

StorytellERdoc

To office appointments sent to the ER because "we are overbooked today." After this, one of our regulars who had been to our ER over 200 times (since we started tracking in March of 2006) arrived via ambulance. To pain control issues. To mildly elevated blood pressure readings. To months of nonspecific weaknesses and fatigue.

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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

I practice family and sports medicine as part of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group here in Fontana, California. WM: Like you, I’m a family physician. I joined SCPMG straight from residency in 2006. But one thing that really resonated with me is treat patients like family and friends.

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