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Should Recent Weather Events Impact Your Emergency Fund?

The Motivated MD

Assuming my hospital is still standing, I would obviously continue to work my job as best as I could to continue to bring in income. Standard Disclaimer: None of the information on this website is meant as individualized financial or medical advice. I would then subsequently file a claim with my homeowners and flood insurance.

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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

Patients who have a trusted primary care doctor are more likely to follow medical advice, manage their chronic conditions effectively, and ultimately enjoy better health outcomes. To "go to a clinic" means to visit a healthcare facility that provides outpatient services, typically for non-emergency medical care.

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How Doctors Can Save More and Do Less

The Motivated MD

’ Though it often does not come with the attending salary, medical trainees are getting paid to perform a service, and hospitals provide retirement plans to these individuals. Standard Disclaimer: None of the information on this website is meant as individualized financial or medical advice.

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

GeriPal

Alex: Generally in the hospital-based hospice. Matt: I’m more of a hospital guy. So I think that people like us feel more comfortable just talking to the public because that’s what we do every day of our careers, but not in the confines of a clinic or a hospital room. Alex: Not frequently, no. Sammy: Oh, okay.

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Perspective in the Time of COVID.

Reflections of a Grady Doctor

A beloved elder in my family got hospitalized. Dad: “He’s trying to leave the hospital, Kimberly.” My loved one was discharged against medical advice--but is home now and okay. When my dad had a heart attack, I said: “Say you have chest pressure.” To create urgency. And not get him overlooked. My dad calls me worried.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations. 2 , 4 I believe this is crucial and that all politicians should know about it.