Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. Understanding Its Role in Healthcare Urgent care clinics are designed to handle non-life-threatening situations that still require timely medical attention.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Have you ever found yourself in need of medical attention but overwhelmed by the myriad of clinics and healthcare options out there? Navigating the healthcare system can be daunting, especially when you're unwell or caring for someone who is. It's a common challenge many people face.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

You know, most, most ERs admit, you know, far fewer than 50% of their patients. They go to observation and go home or just get discharged straight from the ER? Why is that important in the emergency room? Actually, our training as emergency physicians is mostly to resuscitate to acute care. No, no, no.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We would find these people in the hospital, and we said, “What would you have thought if someone had come up to you in the emergency room yesterday, and said, ‘Hey, instead of going upstairs, you could go home.’ By the year 2000, everyone will be in a Medicare managed care plan.” And you get the DRG.

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GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

This was the opening paragraph that I wrote in March of 2020 when introducing a podcast we did with Dr. Jim Wright , the medical director at Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in suburban Richmond. Or, if they were in the emergency room and decided to be admitted for comfort measures only, I would admit them.

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