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Online Management of Menstrual Irregularities in Canada

Dr. Zaar

Why Virtual Care Is Gaining Popularity Online healthcare services are revolutionizing how Canadians access care. How Online Platforms Diagnose Menstrual Issues Most virtual platforms start with a comprehensive medical history form. If necessary, physicians order lab tests through local partners.

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Booking a Canadian Endocrinologist for Online Follow-Ups

Dr. Zaar

The Shift to Virtual Endocrinology Appointments: Many Canadians now prefer virtual healthcare. Register and Share Medical History You’ll fill out forms with past diagnoses, medications, lab results, and symptoms. If needed, new lab tests or prescriptions can be ordered immediately.

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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? They carry existing diagnoses and are followed by outpatient mental health providers. There is abundant evidence showing that routine lab tests in such patients have a very low yield and are not indicated, in adults as well as in children.

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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

Virtual visits can diagnose colds, flu , or allergies and help you manage symptoms at home. Specific treatment may depend on the underlying cause of the chest congestion,” says Dr. Ashley Kelley, “so it is important to discuss your specific needs with your healthcare provider. Lab tests or X-rays may confirm infection or inflammation.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? We address the following questions with Nate: Has anything changed for the primary care doctor when diagnosing Alzheimers? But these tests were never designed to diagnose. I just had lab tests done.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

And I think the crisis that we’re in right now in healthcare delivery, the idea of laying down my badge, I think that’s maybe a metaphor for being a sheriff, but what about being a healthcare provider? They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

But we all know that our health system, the way that it treats symptoms that it can see, that it can diagnose, that it can get a lab test for, an imaging test for the services that we can provide that person is just so much different than the services we provide someone who doesn’t check any of those boxes.