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Primary Care & The Advantage Of Continuous Communication

December 30th, 2009 by AlanDappenMD in Primary Care Wednesdays
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A Case Report: Even a Doctor Needs to Talk to His Doctor

I love the following battery of questions I hear from doctors and patients alike regarding telemedicine:  “Don’t you think it might be dangerous to answer a patient’s medical questions by phone or email?” and “Shouldn’t you handle all issues in the office with a face-to-face visits like most other primary care physicians (PCPs)?” and then “Isn’t medical care by phone or email impersonal, shoddy, and second rate?

I however argue that everyone with these assumptions is wrong, Wrong, WRONG!
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‘Twas The Night Before Healthcare Reform

December 23rd, 2009 by SteveSimmonsMD in Primary Care Wednesdays
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‘Twas the night before Christmas, and following the House
The Senators were blending their bill while some groused

The amendments were stuck to the bill without care
In hopes that Obama soon would be cheered

The Doctors and Patients were trying not to dread
The visions of full waiting rooms that flashed through their heads

All watched the TV, hoping to avoid new Red Tape
But confusing reports lead to a hypnotic state

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