A Country Doctor Writes
MAY 9, 2025
I remember being in the hospital and having stomach X-rays and I have also been told we had a family doctor who made house calls. In my day to day work I always look for the story behind each patient’s symptom and even behind their laboratory values. That article was titled “ I worked as a Doctor for 20 Years.
Noreta Family Medicine
MARCH 26, 2025
I’ve written blogs that discuss my perspective on why Direct Primary Care (DPC) is helpful to both patients and physicians in Columbia, SC (and beyond!). patients feel heard and valued. patients feel supported, both in our office and between visits. patients feel supported, both in our office and between visits.
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Common Sense Family Doctor
DECEMBER 27, 2024
" The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here ," announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients.
Common Sense Family Doctor
MARCH 15, 2025
In a traditional health care setting, many administrative burdens and barriers stand in the way of patients receiving evidence-based care. Travel to the doctor’s office. Although not originally applied to health care processes, sludge audits can improve the efficiency of health systems and patients’ experiences. Wait times.
Noreta Family Medicine
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention. The film talks about some of the escape fires of healthcare, including non-opioid pain treatments, nutrition programs, strong doctor-patient relationships, among others.
BMJ
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.
Common Sense Family Doctor
MAY 1, 2025
A patient with a history of headaches is brought by ambulance to the emergency department for the abrupt onset of weakness and decreased sensation in their left arm and leg. A code stroke is called. Are these symptoms of an acute stroke or a stroke mimic , such as a hemiplegic migraine ?
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