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5 Essential Services Provided by Primary Doctors

Hitchcock Family Medicine

A primary care physician is the first point of contact when people want to receive care. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, over 50% of doctor office appointments are made with primary doctors. With that said, check out some essential services primary care physicians offer.

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A Goal Fulfilled

Noreta Family Medicine

Fast forward to the present day in which I am a practicing Direct Primary Care (DPC) family physician. I have personally seen the benefits of Direct Primary Care for both patients and doctors, but there is very little published research about DPC. This is simply not financially viable for individual researchers.

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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

Tips to Manage Anxiety If anxieties disable your daily life, discuss the situation with your direct primary care doctor. Find a caring primary care doctor: As a direct primary care physician, I devote time to sit down with patients and learn about their lifestyles, hopes, desires, worries, and concerns.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. What should we use to screen individuals? Eric 19:56 Okay, but I’m a primary care provider. Who should get it if anyone?

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Trading One Substance for Another: Replacing Alcohol With THC

Priority Physicians

Both THC and alcohol come with risks and perceived rewards, depending on the individual. An Individual Decision Besides considering THC’s illegal status in Indiana, the choice to use is an individual one. Direct primary care aims to improve your life until there’s no need to numb it! THC overdose is possible.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

Today we learn more about coaching from 3 coaches: Greg Pawlson, coach and former president of the American Geriatrics Society, Vicky Tang, geriatrician-researcher at UCSF and coach , and Beth Griffiths, primary care internist at UCSF and coach. We address: What is coaching? How does it differ from therapy? From Beth Israel and UNC.

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Q&A: Encouraging Cardiovascular Risk Screening in Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis

Physician's Weekly

Patients who routinely see dermatologists or rheumatologists for psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis may inadvertently miss primary care visits, leaving key cardiovascular risk factors unaddressed. Providers need to understand their patients’ individualized needs. Have you been seen by your primary care doctor?