Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. Waiting days for a primary care appointment isn’t an option, and going to the ER seems excessive. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a perfect example.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This guide will help you understand the different types of clinics and services they offer, so you can make an informed decision about where to seek medical care. During these regular appointments, doctors conduct various tests and screenings to catch issues early. Non-life-threatening illnesses often demand quick relief options.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

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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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

We all, when bombarded with information have to take certain elements of a decision and focus on those; and in the ICU, you can imagine, we’re bombarded with information a lot. Emergency rooms. Eric: To all of our emergency medicine colleagues, saved the best for the last. Why did you do this study, Tom?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I think the two spaces it comes out of, one is informed consent, which is this idea that people need to have an understanding of their disease and treatment. ” And he says, “It’s in the emergency room.” Gretchen: Absolutely. And I think it came out of this good space. I need to fix it.”

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

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.” There may never be widely accepted guidelines.

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