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The Power of Words, 16 Years Later

A Country Doctor Writes

This was in part because we shared patients and patient experiences between our departments and had a bidirectional way of making warm handoffs. If a primary care patient was going through a difficult time with their social life or mental health, we would walk them down the hall to meet a therapist right then and there.

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Humming Jeopardy

A Country Doctor Writes

Patients have been seen on time, my office notes have been completed in real time and my superbills have been submitted before each patient reached the check-out station. Every day I walk the fine line between well oiled efficiency and letting patients take the time they need to tell their stories. Things were really humming.

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For shared decision-making, telemedicine may be as effective as in-person appointments

Medical Xpress

Telemedicine may be just as effective as in-person visits when it comes to shared decision-making and communication for patients undergoing a first-time surgery consultation, according to a study published as an "article in press" in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons and presented at the Southern Surgical Association 134th Annual Meeting (..)

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Defining Emergency

StorytellERdoc

To office appointments sent to the ER because "we are overbooked today." Several patients with chest pain (one requiring immediate catheterization), two patients with respiratory distress (one from skipping dialysis and one from a COPD exacerbation), and three patients from a motor vehicle collision presented almost simultaneously to our ER.

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Some Doctors Dropping Health Insurance, Turn to Monthly Payments

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

The patients WSBT 22 talked with say it's actually been more cost-effective. That’s not the only benefit -- they say this new healthcare model allows for longer appointments and a more personal relationship with their physician. Tracy Marr has been a patient of Family Physicians of Saint Joseph for more than a decade.

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Revolutionizing Practices Using Digital Dentistry: Part 3

CDOCS

Not only is a digital workflow more efficient than conventional treatment methods for restoring a patient's function and esthetics, it is also much more accurate. This 19-year-old male presented to my practice with severely fractured teeth #7 and #8 (Figure 1) as a result of being assaulted. jpg] [image:Figure_5.jpg]<br

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Full Mouth Rehabilitation

CDOCS

Patients often present with severely worn dentition resulting in severe tooth sensitivity. Occasionally, however, we are presented with a case, such as the one reported here, that requires multiple phases of treatment, with each phase carefully evaluated to ensure a decrease in TMD symptoms and a resolution of tooth sensitivity.</span></p>