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Hospitals are Filling - Time to Turn to Primary Care

The Direct Doctors Difference

As the COVID-19 situation in RI takes a turn for the worse (yet again) we find ourselves in a predicament as patients. In states like FL, which are extremely hard hit right now, some ICUs and hospitals are unable to accept any patients. ​Direct Primary Care PCPs are even more capable of preventing the need for hospital usage.

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How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

GeriPal

And so all of my work has really been trying to help patients understand what matters to them or make decisions based on what is likely the realistic outcomes of a decision and try to explain it to them in a way that they can understand so that they can make the best choice for them. Do you think most patients know that? Mara: Yeah.

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