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The Importance of a Primary Care Relationship

Edge Family Medicine

Coordinated Specialist Referrals Your PCP is your guide through the larger healthcare system. If you need a specialist, they can make informed referrals and help you navigate next steps — ensuring continuity and clarity. Screenings, vaccines, and lifestyle counseling are more effective when they’re built on a relationship.

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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

I just listened to the one on national cancer care that we’re doing, which was very informative and pretty impressive. The second thing that is different is access to information. When you put in that referral, how do we make sure that that patient walks out with the specialty appointment versus phone tag.

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William Condrell, MD now offering a more personalized approach to healthcare with theConcierge Choice from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

No patients are dismissed, and referral networks remain intact. Dr. Condrell specializes in acute and urgent care, annual physicals, cardiac evaluations, preventative health, sports injuries, and vaccinations. For more information, please visit www.ccpmd.com.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa Offers Next Level Care

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated. We follow ALL VACCINATION GUIDELINES set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Medicine! In some cases, you may be referred to a hospital or specialty service.

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Anatomy of a Healthy Plate- Guest Blogger Rebecca Gray

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

For healthy plate recipes or more information, please visit me at www.faithfullyrootedinhealth.com Follow me on Instagram Here ! We follow ALL VACCINATION GUIDELINES set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Medicine! Lets live healthy and whole, TOGETHER!”

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. A recent study of almost 3 million US patients showed that those who visited primary care were much more likely to receive preventive services : 127% more vaccinations, 122% more colonoscopies, and 75% more mammograms.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine-related febrile seizures. Vaccines don’t cause autism, but they might cause febrile seizures. The absolute risk is small, and genetic susceptibility likely plays a role in seizures after vaccines. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Nat Genet 2014; 46:1274.

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