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Visiting a Health Clinic for Women’s Health Screenings

Mesa Family Physician

These screenings might include a pap smear, pelvic exam, breast exam, or referrals for mammograms depending on your age and family history. If your cycle is irregular or the appointment took months to book, your clinic may advise keeping the appointment, depending on your symptoms and flow. It’s completely normal.

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You Know DPC is working when…

Noreta Family Medicine

Many of our patients have shared how they often felt rushed at their previous primary care doctor’s office, leaving appointments with lingering concerns. For instance, when a patient recently texted us with complaints of shoulder pain after a fall, Dr. Boylan arranged an appointment and ordered an X-ray — all within just a few hours. “

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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

WM: Like you, I’m a family physician. The patient reached out to me and asked what I thought or recommended because I had built that relationship with that patient, I had built that trust. When you put in that referral, how do we make sure that that patient walks out with the specialty appointment versus phone tag.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

This graph illustrates that the benefit of long-term GP-patient relationships is even dose-dependent (longer GP-patient-relationship = lower risk of dying prematurely): Why do long-term GP-patient relationships improve health and reduce costs? 11 , 13 Over time, GPs come to know their patients well. million Canadian patients).