Why a Small Practice Doctor might be Better
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3M ago
A recent article featured on the medical blog, www.Kevinmd.com, highlights some super important reasons as to why you might consider seeing a doctor who is not affiliated with a hospital or large system.  As a small, direct primary care practice here at Direct Doctors, we wholeheartedly agree! ​The author highlights the fact that the business model of hospital owned primary care….”emphasizes revenue maximization over patient well-being.” He also notes that “add in a conflict of interest regarding referrals to the same hospital system, and a lack of costing and pricing transparency, and t ..read more
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How Does Amazon Clinic Compare with Direct Primary Care?
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8M ago
​Just when we thought Amazon had already conquered all the industry spaces, they have recently come out with a new health offering.  According to their site’s tagline, they can “quickly treat common conditions with 24/7 video visits and messaging with a clinician. Upfront pricing. No appointments, and no insurance needed.” Sounds a lot like Direct Primary Care, doesn’t it? Or does it!? ​First of all let’s break this down.  The way they have it structured you have to select your condition first.  Well that is great as long as you already have your diagnosis figured out!  As ..read more
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Direct Doctors Welcomes Dr. Sara Delaporta
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1y ago
Direct Doctors, a direct primary care practice in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, is pleased to announce that Dr. Sara Delaporta will join the practice starting Tuesday, May 30. Dr. Delaporta is a board-certified family physician who grew up in Connecticut. She attended college at Sacred Heart University in CT, medical school at University of Vermont, and continued on to residency at Brown Family Medicine, where she found herself smitten with Rhode Island. She comes to Direct Doctors after nearly 12 years working at a local FQHC where she fostered her love of caring for a diverse group of indiv ..read more
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Lifespan & Care New England Merger, DENIED
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2y ago
Wow… this was unexpected! Almost a year ago, Lifespan and Care New England, along with Brown University, announced a proposed merger. At that time, I wrote a blog about why this was such a horrible idea. While the physicians at Direct Doctors completely understood the downsides of such a merger, especially in this small state, we did not think Rhode Island would get this right! Well today, the Attorney General denied the merger while at the same time an FTC advisory board voted 4-0 to file a joint lawsuit to do the same. While news organizations are calling this “stunning,” this is likely only ..read more
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Dr. Ashley Lakin DO Joins Direct Doctors
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2y ago
Dr. Ashley Lakin DO is "over the moon" to be starting her own branch of Direct Primary Care with the help of her friends at Direct Doctors.  Dr. Lakin, trained at Brown with Drs. Turshen & Hedde.  As a fellowship trained Maternal-Child Health Family Physician, Dr. Lakin is excited to add prenatal care and lactation medicine to Direct Doctors.  With a special interest in primary care for newborns and whole families, Dr. Lakin is a great addition to the Direct Doctors' family.   Drs. Hedde & Turshen "are so excited to have a colleague joining us as we expand the ..read more
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Telehealth Rollbacks Leave Patients Stranded
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2y ago
This recent Wall Street Journal article may have hit the nail on the head.  During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, insurance companies and state & federal regulators really reduced the requirements surrounding telehealth.  This allowed patients who were sick or in need of prevention-related care from their primary care doctors or specialists to reach the doctor without going in for a visit.  Care was able to continue for many things that did not have an essential in-person component and patients were happy to continue to receive what they needed in a trying time ..read more
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Wait Times: Direct Primary Care vs. Traditional Primary Care - 2021 Update
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2y ago
In 2019 we discussed the basics of why patients wait a long time to hear back, get through on the phone lines, or be seen with a primary care doctor.  Unfortunately, this problem seems to have worsened acutely with the COVID epidemic. As an update to that blog, we want to begin by highlighting again that according to Merritt Hawkins, the average wait time for a new patient appointment with a primary care doctor is 29 days, up 50% from 2014. In Rhode Island, the wait continues to be much longer. We’ve heard of patients quoted a six to twelve month wait period before they can see a doctor a ..read more
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Hospitals are Filling - Time to Turn to Primary Care
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2y ago
As the COVID-19 situation in RI takes a turn for the worse (yet again) we find ourselves in a predicament as patients.  The hospitals in RI are over 90% capacity for inpatient beds and ICUs are at more than 80%.  This has been true on and off for a majority of the COVID pandemic.  In states like FL, which are extremely hard hit right now, some ICUs and hospitals are unable to accept any patients.  A nationwide news story recently revealed patients have died because they cannot get non-COVID-related hospital care when they need it and their local hospital is full. Why am I ..read more
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Direct Primary Care - Role for the Future of Healthcare
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2y ago
The Direct Primary Care movement has picked up steam over the last seven years since we started Direct Doctors in RI.  According to DPC Frontier, a site owned by a DPC physician/lawyer who was a founder of the movement, there are now over 1500 clinics doing pure Direct Care across the nation.  There are likely many more than have been officially labeled on the map.  Looking back to 2014, when we began, there were less than 100. ​ ​The strength of the movement comes from a grassroots force of physicians who are unhappy with the care they can provide in the traditional fee-for-se ..read more
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Seven Years on an Island
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2y ago
Direct Doctors will be celebrating our 7 year anniversary this August! Over that time, we’ve come to really appreciate the direct primary care model that we are using to deliver efficient, evidence based and personal care to our almost 1,000 patients. Like many of the other DPC practices across the country, we’ve noticed many benefits (for both the patient and physician), while also discovering a few barriers. ​ We’ve highlighted the positives of the DPC model for many years right here in this blog. First and foremost, the ability for our patients to have direct access to us and the improved r ..read more
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