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Yes, basically there is 3 types Complete Physical Is the “once year” visit when we focus in the screenings appropiate to you: cholesterol check, screening for breast, colon, prostate cancer, etc. . We also see if you need a shot and review your chart to be sure we are doing every thing we need to. Dietary and healthy life style counseling is usually provided. We usually allocate 30 minutes for this. Routine office visit The purpose of the office is to check on chronic problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, ADD or to follow up after an admission to the hospital or after you were diagnosed with an acute problem (pneumonia, UTI) that needs to be check Acute, Same Day or Sick visit We schedule it when you have an acute problem (a cold, fever, a skin infection, cough, UTI etc) and we only talk about that particular concer. We give you a 15 min appointment but we may need to “squeeze you” in between patients. |
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