A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 1, 2025

A Country Doctor Writes: is a reader-supported publication. Primary care doctors don’t usually have scheduled blocks of time to read incoming reports, refill prescriptions, answer messages or, what we are told the future will entail, manage their chronic disease populations. Compare this with air safety.

Patients 130

Patients Primary Care Doctor Primary Care Wellness Visit 130

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

And that we didn’t have the comprehensive dementia care programs in place. We didn’t have medications that were effective with a few side effects. I heard this beautiful thing the other day, which was to an electronic medical record, I am not a whole person. They have complex medical regimens.

Screening 119

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive. My general answer is that driving is usually not considered medically necessary. They’re really not.

IT 102

IT Family Families Diagnosis 102