Articles about Primary Care
In times of great challenge, there are opportunities for leaders to emerge and, with those leaders, new systems and ways of solving problems. COVID-19 has highlighted many of the flaws in our systems, one of those being a lack of an effective supply chain to distribute enough personal protective equipment to doctors and health care … Read more
Telemedicine – the use of remote monitoring, video conferencing and other technologies to provide health care services and consultation to patients and their caregivers – has grown exponentially in recent years. In addition to offering invaluable assistance to sick individuals who have few or no appropriate health care providers nearby, it enables multidisciplinary care for … Read more
Covid-19 has disrupted many aspects of our everyday lives, and how we access our primary care is no exception. The challenge facing providers has been how to balance protecting the health of the public while still offering quality care. Anthony Poole, PA-C, chief clinical and quality officer of Fetter Health Care Network – formerly Franklin … Read more
The coronavirus is uncharted territory. Many people say that the scariest part is not knowing enough about it. And with that, rumors have developed – hearsay, if you will. So much of the information we read is not based on fact or endorsed by experts, yet the information gets out, causing panic and fear. We … Read more
What does a physician do every day? If your answer is “take care of patients,” you are actually only partially correct. Running a medical practice takes much more than diagnosing patients and administering care–billing, office management, marketing, maintaining records, hiring new talent and myriad other tasks are involved. Because the sheer volume of work can … Read more
HealthLinks asked two medical professionals about the truth on hand washing. Read what Daisy Arrillaga, RN, BSN, ACRN, a nurse and clinical health promotion and education specialist at New Horizon Family Health Services in Greenville, and Family Physician Dr. Thaddeus John Bell, founder and CEO of Closing the Gap in Health Care, located in North … Read more