Respiratory Panel PCR Test – When To Order?
Quickly and effectively using the Respiratory Panel PCR Test This is not going to be the average flu season. Clinicians are going to be asking, is it Flu? Covid? Strep? Or any number of other prevalent respiratory pathogens. Point of Care testing may be unreliable...
PCR for Gastrointestinal Infections
Quickly and effectively using PCR for gastrointestinal infection New parents Will and Jen were excited for the birth of their first child. That excitement quickly turned to anxiety when their daughter Audrey was born 12 weeks premature. Luckily, Audrey was born in a...
Recurrent UTI in an 82 y/o Woman
Here's an interesting case of recurrent UTI we see all the time in urgent care, but could have had a better outcome: Patient is 82 y.o. female with previous history of pelvic wall/floor collapse/prolapse requiring bladder mesh surgery. History of frequent and chronic...
Transform Medical Space into Memorable Experience
As a business owner and medical professional, you want to be able to grow your practice in the best way possible. It requires increasing your brand exposure and marketing your services to a wide audience. But it can often feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day...
All you need to know about treating dental injuries in an Urgent Care setting
As the urgent care industry rapidly grows, it is important to recognize the prevalence of dental injuries as a percentage of your patient visits. It has been recorded that dental injury visits to the emergency room account for upwards of 3% of all visits, or somewhere...
Temperature Screening for Return to Work During Coronavirus Pandemic
Return to Work Strategy Persons infected with Coronavirus are likely contagious before symptoms develop. In fact many never develop symptoms and may still pass the virus on to others. Knowing this, how can we plan a return to work strategy? I have suggested a 3 step...
Screening and Testing Employees for Coronavirus Covid – 19
Recently I attended the CDC's "Partner" webinar on Coronavirus COVID - 19 updates. The concept that struck me the most was that the viral load is likely the highest in the throat and nasal passages at the very earliest signs of symptoms. So those infected are most...
Are You Adding a Coronavirus “Surcharge?”
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FMCSA Issues Waiver for Commercial Driver Determinations and Certification
FMCSA has issued a Covid 19 waiver of certain regulations regarding commercial driver license holders. See the full waiver announcement here It is applicable to drivers whose medical certificates expire on or after March 1, 2020 and extends through June 30, 2020. Some...
Do Chiropractors Need a CLIA Waived Lab Certificate?
I was at a chiropractic board meeting yesterday and one of the doctors stated that we all had to have a CLIA waiver to perform Dip Stix urine test in our office or to collect urine to send it out to a lab. I understand CLIA works with labs such as Quest, Lab Corp etc,...
ProScheduleMatch Part 2: Float and Per Diem Pool: Do they need a life ring?
Guest Post by Michael Bart, Founder, ProScheduleMatch In a previous blog post we talked about prosperity in the health care setting. Briefly, we concluded that “If an organization is moving towards it’s goals and meeting the metrics of it’s mission statement, if it’s...
ProScheduleMatch Part 1: Prosperity and Those Who Work in Health Care
Guest Post by Michael Bart, founder of ProScheduleMatch Prosperity means different things to different people. For some it refers to wealth. This may be the most obvious. Is prosperity simply the accumulation of ones estimation of adequate wealth? I think not! Is...
