Primary Care

They said it couldn't be done. It wouldn't be possible to fix our broken healthcare system. It wouldn't be possible to fix a healthcare system that undervalues primary care and human relationships. But here we are, a courageous group of primary care doctors, tirelessly working to create value for our patients in communities across the country. This is the story of the Direct Primary Care movement, and how it could revolutionize not only primary care, but the entire healthcare system. The book begins by describing the current crisis in primary care and goes on to define the scope of Direct ...

The Power of Primary Care is the story of Dr. Nayana Vyas's 50-year journey across four continents, resulting in the creation of a nationally recognized, award-winning primary care medical conglomerate that produced superior patient outcomes in a cost-effective manner.

Being a family doctor isn’t easy. Why? Because you’re either an employed physician or a doctor trying to survive on your own. Both are making doctors quit their profession every day. You have heard about direct primary care as an option, but you have been bombarded with misleading advertising, confusing recommendations, and bad information from those who fear taking the leap.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shift, this richly drawn portrait of four nurses in four different sectors of our broken healthcare system reveals where solutions are actually possible—to make care about people rather than profits. Theresa Brown worked as a oncology nurse for...

We all know that our current healthcare system is broken, especially for primary care doctors and their patients. Primary care physicians have to see more and more patients in less and less time in order to keep up with declining reimbursement from insurance companies. This leads to rushed office visits, missed opportunities for genuine connections between doctors and their patients, frustrated patients, and burned out doctors. But it doesn't have to be this way. Direct primary care offers a real opportunity at a fulfilling practice of medicine. It’s a golden opportunity to restructure ...

A complete, evidence-based guide to evaluating and managing gastrointestinal disorders in primary care—written for Nurse Practitioners by a Nurse Practitioner. Gut Health for Nurse Practitioners provides a practical, clinically grounded approach to the most common gastrointestinal (GI) complaints encountered in everyday practice. From IBS and GERD to SIBO, IBD, and food sensitivities, this comprehensive guide bridges the gap between medical science and holistic patient care. Designed for quick reference and clinical confidence, this book equips nurse practitioners with the tools to assess...

Authored by experts and authorities in the field and professionally narrated by a medical doctor for accuracy, this crash course is a valuable tool both during school and when preparing for the USMLE, or if you're simply interested in family medicine.  

This book is about churn or patient turnover. This is for those DPC doctors, not only those in mature practices, but also for those newbies who are just starting out. Everyone needs to worry about losing patients. It’s not only a blow to your ego when people are going out the door seemingly as fast as they are coming in but also a blow to your bottom line. And it could put you out of business.

Learn to master high-yield concepts in ophthalmic medicine and neurology with Dr. Martinelli’s Vision & Neurology Casebook: Real-World Insights for Primary Eye Care & Family Medicine. This indispensable guide helps bridge the gaps between primary eye care, general medicine, and neurology, offering a treasure trove of real-world case studies that enhance clinical thinking and patient care. Understanding the intricate connections between ophthalmic and general medicine is crucial. Dr. Martinelli, a dual-trained optometrist and medical doctor, brings decades of experience to this ...

Perfect your clinical documentation skills with "SOAP Note Examples & Documentation Tips: For Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care." This essential guide is crafted to enhance the precision and effectiveness of your SOAP notes, ensuring comprehensive, clear, and legally sound medical documentation. This book meticulously covers every aspect of SOAP note documentation across eight informative chapters: Chapter 1: The Art and Science of SOAP Notes - Dive deep into the structure of SOAP notes, focusing on crafting clear and effective components for each section: Subjective, Objective, ...

DPC: Dream Job or Total Disaster What You Really Need to Know Before You Make the Leap Thinking about starting a Direct Primary Care (DPC) practice? Wondering if this is your path to freedom or a one-way ticket to burnout? In this refreshingly honest and downright practical book, Monica McKitterick, nurse practitioner, DPC clinic owner, and winner of Season 18 of The Blox, pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to thrive in the DPC world. From long nights to early wins, tech glitches to marketing missteps, she shares the good, the bad, and the occasionally ridiculous truths of ...

Five years ago, my practice partner Dr. Amy Cianciolo and I started down the magical road of direct primary care (DPC), leading away from a frustrating and inadequate healthcare system. This model of care was the closest thing to achieving the healthcare quadruple aim of lowering costs, improving health, and increasing both patient and physician satisfaction.

Prepare to excel in your certification exams and advance your career with "Adult-Gero Primary Care and Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Review." This comprehensive guide is tailored to ensure nurse practitioners are thoroughly equipped with the knowledge needed to pass their exams and excel in their practice. Dive deep into critical aspects of adult-gerontology and family nursing through structured and focused content: Chapter 1: Core Competencies in Adult-Gero Primary Care - Master comprehensive assessment techniques, integrate evidence-based practice effectively, and navigate ...

Most healthcare practices are clinical businesses. They deliver excellent care but run their operations on tribal knowledge, informal processes, and the owner's personal bandwidth. They generate income but not enterprise value. They grow by adding providers but not by building systems. And when the owner steps back, the organization stumbles—because it was never designed to operate without them. THE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT BLUEPRINT is the operating manual that changes this. It is the complete ten-domain framework for running a high-performing healthcare practice as an enterprise—an ...

A Foundation for The Ophthalmic Physician: Labs & Imaging for Primary Eye Care is more than a guide — it is a call for a new specialty in medicine. It also lays the framework for a groundbreaking general medicine residency for Doctors of Optometry redefining primary eye care. Optometry and ophthalmology have drifted. On one side, optometry has become fragmented and commoditized; on the other, ophthalmology has become increasingly surgical and subspecialized. What’s been lost is the integrated physician of the eye and visual system — one prepared to competently bridge ocular health ...

Written by two NHS doctors with lived experience. We wrote this book because we kept having the same conversation, a patient would sit down, say "I think I might be autistic" or "I think I have ADHD," and we had almost nothing from medical school to help us or them apart from doing a referral letter. So we realised that we need better information to guide our consults. From research, professional experience and from our patients. This is for GPs, nurses, paramedics, therapists, anyone who sees patients and wants to get this right and needs information at their fingertips.

You’ve seen them in your clinic: the second grader who never stops moving, the middle schooler labeled as “unmotivated,” or the adult who always feels disorganized no matter how hard they try. Sometimes they show up with a diagnosis. Sometimes they’ve been overlooked for years. Either way, you’re the one they turn to when the noise of everyday life becomes too much. And you wonder—Am I doing this right? Am I missing something? As a nurse practitioner, you’re often the first to spot the signs. Parents come to you before they see a specialist. Teachers flag concerns and ask you ...

For many, drug interactions are one of the most frustrating challenges in family medicine, geriatrics, and ambulatory care practice. Even if one is up to speed on what drugs interact with one another, it is often unknown how to manage that specific interaction. Throughout the book, I share some of my management tips and pearls to help you feel more comfortable with managing drug interactions. This book is a perfect piece of education for pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physicians, physician assistants, and nurses who are looking to pick up clinical, real-world practice pearls.

At a time when many Americans may be seeking alternatives to current health care choices, Dr. Knope offers an option that allows patients to directly contract with healthcare providers for individualized care. Using first-hand accounts and plenty of examples of how concierge medicine works, Knope offers a plan for patients looking to make a change to a medical system that is negotiated between doctor and patient, rather than through insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

A trusted guide to a child's dental development and care. From the very first tooth buds forming before birth to the moment a seven-year-old's new smile begins to take shape, The Big Scoop on Little Teeth gives parents and caregivers the clarity they've been searching for. Pediatric dentist Jane A. Soxman, gleans more than four decades of clinical experience into a warm, practical, and highly visual handbook that explains not just what happens in a child's mouth, but why it matters. Inside, readers will learn when primary teeth form and erupt, what to expect during teething, how to make ...