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Need to See a Doctor Fast? Here’s How Urgent Care Could Save Your Day

Plum Health

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. As a doctor with experience in both primary care and urgent care , I’ve seen firsthand how urgent care centers have become a lifeline for many patients.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

You know, we found that 64% of the people we cared for never went to the hospital or ER. They’re more, more interested in relationship centered care than the fancy medicines that you’re. And I wonder if that is key in patients, people who are experiencing homelessness as well. Naheed 21:58 Absolutely.