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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

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Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. 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. These symptoms require immediate medical attention.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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Tom: So we did this study because patients who go through the stem cell transplant process face a lot of misery in terms of physical symptoms, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, and even a risk of PTSD afterwards, sort of like a medical trauma, you might think of it. Emergency rooms. Eric: Okay. Corita: Yes.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

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” And I too was just drawn to … from a clinical perspective, from a research perspective, just this revolving door through the emergency room. And how oftentimes the perception that this is supposed to be good quality care. Caroline: Certainly, the pandemic has certainly catalyzed the use of telehealth.