Society of Direct Care Medicine
The Society of Direct Care Medicine is a non-profit organization seeking to expand knowledge and research about health and wellness, supporting better medicine for patients and providers.
We are dedicated to strengthening optimal health, wellness, and preventative medicine by encouraging patient empowerment and direct care medical practices. We believe that the spirit of direct care - restoring the direct relationship between patients and doctors and returning focus on preventative care - can exist on many levels.
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We are dedicated to strengthening optimal health, wellness, and preventative medicine by encouraging patient empowerment and direct care medical practices. We believe that the spirit of direct care - restoring the direct relationship between patients and doctors and returning focus on preventative care - can exist on many levels.
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Primary Care Physicians Pay Disparity Gap WidensPrimary care/internal medicine/family practice doctors make significantly less than specialists. When paired with an AMA lockdown on U.S. med school admissions, it any wonder their numbers are dwindling? -
Tearing Down Barriers on NormothermiaWhat is Normothermia or Euthermia?
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Changing Attitudes of Primary Care PhysiciansHow are physicians reacting to the national health care reform moving through the legislature and courts?
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Your Call: Access or Choice. Neither?This will be a very difficult promise to keep.
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Direct Care and Concierge Medicine: Who's on First? What's on Second?We hear this often. We see it promoted by marketers-parading-as-tabloids selling patient leads to doctors for profit. Few in the media understand and many are blindly critical.
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Primary Care Physician CrisisThe passage of the health care reform legislation is considered a godsend to those 32 million uninsured Americans, but there is that nagging question...
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Found: $100 Billion for Health Care ReformMost would agree that $100 Billion would be a heck of a start to health care reform.
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Conundrum of Doctor AccessibilityWe are faced with many looming crises in health care. One that is quite dramatic is that of accessibility to our Doctor.
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Medicare Funding Reductions Will Have Adverse EffectsRemoving hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicare can only have one result -- reduced services.