Primary care

Primary-care Shortage a Threat to all Patients: More Pay, School Debt Luring Medical Grads into Specialty Fields Theressa Forstein Kaplan University PRIMARY-CARE SHORTAGE A THREAT TO ALL PATIENTS: MORE PAY, SCHOOL DEBT LURING MEDICAL GRADS INTO SPECIALTY FIELDS The general point made by Stephanie Innes in her work, “Primary-care Shortage a Threat to all Patients: More Pay, School Debt Luring Medical Grads into Specialty Fields”, is that medical graduates are gaining interest in specialized…

Medication Adherence in Primary Care Treating chronic illnesses usually includes pharmacotherapy management. Even though medications are effective in treating and preventing progression of disease processes; “their full benefits are often not realized because approximately 50% of patients do not take their medications as prescribed” (Brown & Bussell, 2011, p. 304). Woo & Wynne (2012) stated that “poor medication adherence leads to increased healthcare costs; 33 to 69 percent of…

I am currently employed as a Primary Care Paramedic by BC Ambulance service. I 'm writing anonymously with the aid of my coworkers to discuss concerns about working conditions as a part-time employee. There have been some interest in the public recently* regarding response times of ambulance paramedics to 911 calls, including some on the mainland which resulted in death*. In both of these circumstances, paramedics were blamed for not responding promptly. As a result, we are now being very…

least a few days (Braddock et al., 2012). ‘‘Quality of primary care delivered by nurse practitioners is equal to that of physicians” (Mundinger et al., 2000 as cited in (Levin and Bateman 2012)) Nurse practitioner office based primary care will not only provide cost-effective episodic and comprehensive health care, but also improve the quality of care and life for those with chronic diseases while controlling individual and system-wide health care costs. As the country seeks positive solutions…

Obesity is a chronic disease that carries a devastating health and socioeconomic impact. Primary care providers must have adequate knowledge of the condition, its management, and when a referral for specialized care is warranted. Existing challenges are time constraints on practitioners to implement these tasks and overcome the barriers they face in doing so. Behavioral change counseling methods provide a framework for supporting patients to lose weight. These models can help practitioners to…

Primary Care Physician: The primary care physician can help the patient by monitoring the blood sugar level, which can slow the progression of the diabetes and help with the patient peripheral neuropathy and her walking difficulty since her primary physician already knows Betsey’s medical history and is more affordable for Betsey than going to a specialist. Moreover, the primary care physician can treat Betsey’s deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, which caused pain, sores and swelling…

Obesity management in primary healthcare. Obesity became a worldwide problem a couple of decades ago. Our lifestyle changes brought a lot of alterations in people’s eating and exercise habits. These factors influence population to gain weight and become obese. Obesity affects the life quality and people’s health in general because it could promote other health complications such as hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, etc. Most of the people usually attend primary care settings and…

Chapter 13 was a great review of the healthcare system and overall best practices. I see my primary care physician yearly for physicals. One nice perk of the physical is the discount my health insurance provider, Cigna, gives me for completing it. The company I work for, Wyndham, already offers great, affordable health insurance, but with the discount for not using tobacco and getting a physical, my bi-weekly cost is only 20 dollars! I only wish massages were covered! Chapter 14 made me…

College of Medicine, I immediately felt a sense of community, as well as companionship between students, faculty, and surrounding area. In pursuit of upholding the college’s mission, there is a steadfast goal to serve the community, and create primary care physicians prepared to make an impact for every patient they encounter. To gain further insight to the community and atmosphere created by the University of New England, I…

dependency on primary care to meet the needs of the people. However, primary care faces criticism as a result of its inadequacy to efficiently diagnose and treat mental ailments. Psychiatry is the recommended health profession in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. The shift of treatment of mental illnesses from psychiatry to primary care poses a risk to the mental health status of the population. Problems such as incorrect prescriptions or diagnosis accompany the application of…