A Nurse Practitioner Who Doesn’t Have to Say ‘No’ to Her Patients By Tom Castles and Jack Murtha The hours of operation for nurse practitioner Amanda Neil’s new business, Ultimate Health Direct Primary Care, might sound too good to be true: 24 hours a day, Monday through Saturday. As if to test that promise, a patient sent Neil a flurry of urgent text ... Read the full story Share
How Patient-Centered Care Drives This Independent Physician’s Specialty Practice By Adryan Corcione A strong community influences growth Moving to the Bay Area from Ohio to complete her fellowship at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF), Dr. Melissa Lim was unaware of the impact this move would have on her personally or professionally. While ... Read the full story Share
Bringing An Anti-aging Inspired Philosophy To Direct Primary Care By Danielle Bauter Still caring for patients and running his practice at 75, Dr. Duncan Turner doesn’t consider himself to be an elder statesman in medicine, but he does recognize how much has changed in his career. When he was in high school back in England, his first ... Read the full story Share
This Independent Primary Care Physician Shows What It Means To Be a True Family Physician By Alistair Gardiner Just before the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Dr. Erin Kershisnik’s patients suffered a recurrence of breast cancer. This patient was frail, and she was trying to recover from her husband’s recent death. Her son, who had been her primary caregiver, got ... Read the full story Share
The Nurse Practitioner Who’s Fighting for Access to Primary Care By Jack Murtha Veronica Max had seen enough. In 2013, Texas was failing to close a primary care gap that jeopardized the health of good people, especially those in rural communities, where they could drive 100 miles without passing a doctor. Max’s state forecast a ... Read the full story Share