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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

This guide will help you understand the different types of clinics and services they offer, so you can make an informed decision about where to seek medical care. Urgent Care "Patient receiving urgent care treatment" Urgent care centers fill the gap between your primary care doctor and the emergency room.

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Some family doctors choose to do a fellowship and are trained more specifically to do more advanced surgical procedures, deliver babies (including C-sections), work on public policy and advocacy, work in an emergency room, and the list goes on. Don’t worry; HIPAA laws protect your privacy and medical information.

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Flu Season 2024-2025: CDC Reports Worst Outbreak in Years

Physicians News Digest

These numbers highlight the critical impact of the outbreak, emphasizing the importance of vaccination and other preventive measures. Health officials have noted that while the flu vaccine’s effectiveness against this strain is moderate, vaccination remains the best line of defense.

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

Medical Xpress

The temperature is just going to continue to rise and at some point thats going to lead to death," says Wood, who has worked as a nurse practitioner in the emergency room. The content is provided for information purposes only. Its like taking the batteries out of your thermostat.

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What Lessons Have We Learned from the First COVID Surges? Jim Wright & Darrell Owens

GeriPal

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back two very special guests who were with us early in the COVID pandemic, and really shown a light on what was happening for the rest of us who could see this giant wave coming, and were just thirsty for information and experiences from those people who were experiencing it early. Darrell: Yes, you did.

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Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’

Physician's Weekly

Walk-in clinics are overbooked, the emergency rooms at the hospitals all have overfull waiting rooms and doctors and nurses are doing 12-hour or longer shifts. We do not have a director of national health preaching against the use of vaccination. Not vaccinating is playing Russian roulette with your child!