The emergence of direct specialty care

One day, a primary care physician located about two hours away called my office in a desperate attempt to find a rheumatologist. His lovely 64-year-old patient, very healthy otherwise, recently developed a severe and disabling inflammatory arthritis. After conservative treatments failed, he tried to refer the patient to the traditional medical system. However, they couldRead more …The emergence of direct specialty care originally appeared inKevinMD.com.

Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 6, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/diana-girnita" rel="tag" > Diana M. Girnita, MD, PhD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Rheumatology Source Type: blogs