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Visiting a Health Clinic for Women’s Health Screenings

Mesa Family Physician

An establish care visit helps create a baseline of your health and is typically your first interaction with a clinic or physician. 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. Can You Get a Pap Smear During Your Period?

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Describing Differences Across Place and Provider in Canadian Team-Based Care Settings Using Electronic Health Records [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

In rural areas, TBC can help address challenges arising from limited access to specialized care. We also observed that family physicians and nurses tend to use more clinically-oriented codes, while mental health care providers and therapists use more codes related to social determinants of health.

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A Guide to Allergy Testing

Mesa Family Physician

Depending on your results, you might receive: A personalized allergy management plan Recommendations for environmental changes Referral to an asthma and allergy clinic near you Information about allergy shots (immunotherapy), available in specialized allergy offices near you If you’re dealing with respiratory issues, finding an asthma allergy (..)

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2025 Physician Wellness Retreats | Physician “Burnout” Retreats

Pamela Wible MD

Are you a physician craving purpose, peace, or a path out of burnout? Discover Dr. Pamela Wible’s 2025 Physician Wellness Retreats—life-changing experiences designed by doctors for doctors. I’m launching my own clinic when I get home to escape a very toxic operating room environment. What is the poem on the Statue of Liberty?

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Why Regular Check-ups Matter: Preventive Care at Mesa Family Physicians

Mesa Family Physician

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Regular visits to your primary care physician at Mesa Family Physicians provide opportunities for early detection of potential health issues before they become serious problems.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

I’m a family physician by training. When I started over 20 years ago, saw babies being born, used to do circumcisions in clinics, and then taking care of patients as they got more mature in their life, so to speak, and really loved that. Like most everyone else, I started off really just taking care of patients.

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Preventive Care To Maintain Your Overall Health

Mesa Family Physician

Specialized Preventive Care: Geriatric Gynecology Preventive care also includes visits with specialists like geriatric gynecologists , especially for older adults. A diagnostic colonoscopy is done when a patient has symptoms like rectal bleeding or abnormal test results.