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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

During these regular appointments, doctors conduct various tests and screenings to catch issues early. Your ongoing appointments help foster a strong patient-doctor relationship , making it easier to discuss your concerns and receive personalized care. So, make that appointment, build that connection, and take charge of your health.

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

Doctor On Demand

In these cases, an urgent care clinic might be the best option since it offers same-day appointments, extended hours, and immediate treatment. When to go to the ER for a sore throat Go to the emergency room (ER) if your sore throat causes any difficulty swallowing or breathing.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

Emergency rooms. Eric: To all of our emergency medicine colleagues, saved the best for the last. Eric: To all of our emergency medicine colleagues, saved the best for the last. Tom: We should have had you sing Urgent Emergency. Eric: So let’s talk about the emergency room. Eric: Okay.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

GeriPal

And, what if your surgeon openly discussed the expected ‘bad stuff’ of post-operative recovery, instead of rotely reciting a list of possible complications? ” And he says, “It’s in the emergency room.” And the blue stripey bear says to the red stripey bear, “I have a fracture. I need to fix it.”

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Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’

Physician's Weekly

Walk-in clinics are overbooked, the emergency rooms at the hospitals all have overfull waiting rooms and doctors and nurses are doing 12-hour or longer shifts. After one appointment, the woman who was supposed to schedule me for my next one called me “Sweetie.”