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What is primary care? Part 1

Noreta Family Medicine

You need to be able to trust your doctor and build a relationship with them. Here are some questions to consider along with a few tips for finding a primary care doctor: 1) How easy is it to get in touch with your doctor and their office? Does the doctor’s office offer online scheduling?

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You Know DPC is working when…

Noreta Family Medicine

You Know DPC is working when… I decided to do something a little different in this blog. I’ve written blogs that discuss my perspective on why Direct Primary Care (DPC) is helpful to both patients and physicians in Columbia, SC (and beyond!). At Noreta, we believe that care doesn’t stop when you walk out the door.

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Tips to Help your New Year’s Resolutions Stick in 2025

Noreta Family Medicine

Just like you schedule your doctor and hair appointments, schedule time to exercise so that you will keep that time free. These are good reasons to make an appointment with your primary care doctor. Visit your primary care doctor! Set small achievable goals.

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Wait Times: Direct Primary Care vs. Traditional Primary Care

The Direct Doctors Difference

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! In Rhode Island, the wait continues to be much longer.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. The following graph shows the striking difference in premature mortality between countries with weak or strong primary care: 2. Here are the key results.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

Skepticism on the ability of predictive models to transform healthcare Consolidation of EHR’s into the hands of a very few companies, and potential for the drug and device industry to influence care delivery by tweaking AI in ways that are not transparent and already a sort of magical black box. Eric: What song are you going to play, Bob?

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