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

Doctor On Demand

In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. Less common causes Certain chronic conditions can cause a persistent sore throat, though they usually come with other distinct symptoms.

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

GeriPal

So I think what’s really exciting is that these community-based organizations, some of those groups that provide training, transportation, respite care, all of that was never included. And those people have a higher, not just dementia, but other multiple chronic conditions. And that’s a big part of this new model.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. If someone needs imaging, if someone needs an MR, or CT, you bring them back to the hospital, so there’s some transport costs there. Eric: Like imaging and labs. Eric: I love that.

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