Plum Health

MAY 22, 2023

Direct Primary Care (DPC) has emerged as a viable, high-quality primary care model that liberates itself from the constraints of traditional fee-for-service (FFS) products. Employers are increasingly finding that DPC offers a personalized doctor-patient relationship, comprehensive preventive care, and overall cost savings.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care PCP PCP Insurance 52

Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 11, 2023

This doctor can see patients for common ailments, vaccines, or medical conditions. You may see your general practitioner for a referral to someone else, such as a psychologist, for a mental illness. Prompt treatment for personal injuries is critical, and you shouldn't have to wait in an emergency room for hours on end.

Family Care Physician 52

Family Care Physician Family Families General Practitioner 52

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

It’s a jampacked 50 minutes, filled with pearls on taking care of patients with liver disease. Kirsten 04:16 So, in emergency medicine, obviously, we are interacting and caring for these both exciting and interesting, but also very complex and humbling patients to care for in the ED setting. What’s the connection and why?

Patient-Centered 110

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 110

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

So we looked at hospital referral regions, and we looked at high- and low- intensity regions. ” And I too was just drawn to … from a clinical perspective, from a research perspective, just this revolving door through the emergency room. Nursing homes are subsidized by their Medicare, by their rehab patients.

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Families Family 60

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. I think most states have them.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We see our patients and our families throughout the illness trajectory into the hospital. And maybe we should have more patient-centered conversations. We want to do meaningful work and so we want to know that the conversations we have impact patient care. And I kind of think our patients are on this longer journey, right?

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

In our city of Victoria, for instance, many people do not have a family doctor because so many doctors have retired; those who are left are unable to take new patients because their lists are full. They gave me another referral and reported the practice to Medicare. I went home and wrote a complaint letter to my health plan.

Vaccination 52

Vaccination Families Family IT 52