Articles about Primary Care
Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center, acute care hospitals under Trident Health, provided life-giving medical attention to more than 340,0000 Lowcountry residents in 2021. While these facilities serve a large number of Lowcountry residents, far too many others have to drive 30 minutes or more to reach emergency medical attention. Because having health care … Read more
Dr. Brian Blank became a primary care physician because he wanted to develop meaningful relationships with patients to help them improve their health. But he says the traditional primary care setting isn’t really conducive to achieving that goal. Patients spend, on average, seven minutes with their doctor during office visits. “In those seven minutes, patients … Read more
“There’s a lot of fear, a lot of mistrust of health care providers,” said Chase Glenn. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and gender and sexuality expressions beyond the cis-gender, heterosexual norm (LGBTQ) community has struggled to find health care sensitive to their needs and experiences. Many LGBTQ patients are hesitant to share their gender … Read more
A lot of things that became essential during the heart of the COVID pandemic have gone the way of paper files and the $2 gallon of gas. Remember double masking, wearing sterile gloves to the supermarket and washing your groceries in the garage? Telehealth, however, is not only hanging on, but its future, especially as … Read more
You hear all the time about the importance of collaboration and teamwork – and, in the last year or so, because of COVID-19 and its variants, the respiratory care team with Vibra Hospital in Charleston has raised the bar of patient teamwork to levels that team members had never known before – all to help … Read more
Residents of Johns Island, Kiawah Island and Seabrook Island will soon have a lifesaving emergency medical facility right in their own community, thanks to the Medical University of South Carolina. Construction is expected to start in August on a new free-standing emergency department and medical office building on Seabrook Island Road near the Bohicket Marina. … Read more