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...crush of campers and tourists who make the Independence Day weekend such a busy one-she noticed that her son Sean, 5, had come down with the same symptoms. That did it. Struggling to get to the car, Lowery drove Sean to the office of Dr. Donald Kirk, a physician who serves many of Alpine's 470 year-round residents. She got there just in time; shortly after she walked into Kirk's waiting room, Lowery passed out on the floor." Read more at timearchive.com...
...physician, there are few experiences that are as extraordinary as being present at the birth of a baby and serving as part of the noisy team. It is one of the most personal and intimate moments of a family's life and yet one that we as doctors are invited to attend. In sharp contrast to the joyful, noise of the usual delivery room, there are also few experiences as dreaded by physicians as a quiet delivery room. Mothers whose conditions are precarious may require emergency C-sections and general anesthesia which renders them mute and requires their family members...
...modern-day black bag still contains a stethoscope but also a cell phone and a personal digital assistant like a Palm or laptop with detailed patient histories. Moreover, "most point-of-service diagnostic equipment has become so portable that house-call physicians have the capability of providing care comparable to an urgent-care center in the home," says Dr. George Taler, co-director of the Washington Hospital Center Medical House Call Program in Washington. "Even intravenous therapies, medications and oxygen are readily available at the time of the visit if the physician wishes to offer advanced care for those patients...
Lyons, Irene Kurzweil's physician, started doing house calls six years ago. "This is the only thing that I found really satisfies my desire to be a doctor," he says. "I am involved in my patients' lives and get to know them as people." His black bag includes a Palm computer that has wi-fi for e-mail, a special database for patient histories and lab results, and a customized word-processing program. He also carries a battery-powered electrocardiogram (ECG) machine and portable lab kits to do finger sticks that test blood-glucose levels. The doctors often work with...
...Level Management funding for a three-year demonstration project to provide house-call care to 15,000 Medicare recipients in California, Texas and Florida. This month an additional 13,600 beneficiaries are being given the chance to participate in the program. "If you provide that very intense level of physician service, you can potentially eliminate some very costly hospitalizations or trips to the emergency room," says Jeff Flick, a regional administrator for Medicare services based in San Francisco...