Medical Home

I just changed PCPs (primary care physicians) to find a new one who was easier to access and more personable. (Not that I had been to my other PCP in 5 years.) I was very pleased that this new individual has adopted the medical home concept. He wants to be my central point of contact, and he is a big prescriber of Ix (information therapy). It was interesting. Here are a few highlights from my introductory visit.

• His paperwork asks you to call him before going to the emergency room (ER) or urgent care.
• He does in-office dispensing using a company I know called Purkinje.
• He asks you to sign off on leaving you messages and/or who else he can talk to about your care if needed.
• Every time we talked about something, he would reach over and grab an article from a library on the office wall and give it to me to read.
• He gives you his e-mail for contact and talks about responding within 30 minutes.

Now, hopefully I don’t need much care, but I feel like I have found a good advocate and involved MD to work with. (He also came highly recommended by several people.)