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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed. The provider examines your throat, may perform tests like a strep test, and diagnoses the cause. Then, they’ll perform a physical examination. Treatment After diagnosing the cause of your sore throat, the doctor will prescribe treatment.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. With your journey, with your dad’s journey- Diane: They could have diagnosed him earlier. They could have diagnosed him earlier. That’s what it is.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. You can broaden the scope of diagnoses. Just think about something like a nurse visit, a nursing visit, or a physical therapy visit. It really doesn’t matter all that much.

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