The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Self-care and telemedicine for patients The options of teledermatology services, as well as self-care platforms, are soaring. It is a win-win for everyone: patients do not have to wait in crowded waiting rooms for an exam, while dermatologists can deal with the easier cases in shorter time online.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.

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The Direct Doctors Difference

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In 2019 we discussed the basics of why patients wait a long time to hear back, get through on the phone lines, or be seen with a primary care doctor. We’ve heard of patients quoted a six to twelve month wait period before they can see a doctor as a new patient!

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