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Why Concierge, Concierge Doctor, and Concierge Medicine Are Revolutionizing Healthcare (And Why You Should Care)

Plum Health

They're also called direct primary care (DPC) or personalized medical service providers. Personalized Care In concierge medicine, appointments last as long as they need to—there’s no need to rush. He texted me, and we were able to sort out the issue in minutes—no frantic ER visits, just peace of mind.

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How to Prevent a Potentially Fatal Aortic Dissection

Vascular Physician

Prevention begins with understanding the relationship between these two conditions. Unless they are seeing their primary care provider for regular check-ups, they may not be made aware of their high blood pressure until they present for evaluation for another medical condition.

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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

Regular visits to a primary care clinic can make a world of difference in your overall health. Your ongoing appointments help foster a strong patient-doctor relationship , making it easier to discuss your concerns and receive personalized care. Building a relationship with your primary care doctor should be a priority.

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

GeriPal

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson have no relationships to disclose. And that was a common experience I had in my psychiatry training, was being called to the ER to see someone who’d come in with panic. What is your relationship? And so bathe is an acronym.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

He had this disseminated head and neck cancer and he had tried to get care before and due to his mental illness, he couldn’t follow up for cancer care. We have world class primary care, cancer care, palliative care. Naheed 17:53 Yeah, they want connection, they want relationship, they want, meaning.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

You know, most, most ERs admit, you know, far fewer than 50% of their patients. And so how do we think about palliative care in those patients? They go to observation and go home or just get discharged straight from the ER? No difference in their primary outcome. The primary care intervention did not work well.

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How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

GeriPal

There’s radiation keeps getting less and less and there are studies that you can avoid radiation if you have this stage one or even two small or low grade or sometimes even, whatever, higher grade two, but not in the nodes type of breast cancer, an ER-positive or HER2-negative. Mara: Exactly. There’s lots of screening tests.

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