by Allison Edwards | Apr 5, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized
Seeing that it’s April, I can’t figure out why there was frost on my lawn and I was dodging ice on the way to work this morning. What gives? This final stretch of winter (snow tomorrow?!?) to spring to summer is sometimes the hardest for our moods. We’ve been...
by Allison Edwards | Feb 21, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized
This post is short and sweet: we just secured much lower pricing for Pap smears! While we still perform the pelvic exam and get the Pap smear sample here in the office (it’s included in your membership!), the outside pathologist’s interpretation costs extra. Our...
by Allison Edwards | Jan 29, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized
Kaiser Health News, an organization I respect when it comes to reporting and digesting the complicated subject of health policy, published a piece in October of 2017 about the prospects of Direct Primary Care (DPC) in Texas (“Flat-Fee Primary Care Helps Fill...
by Allison Edwards | Jan 8, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized
Medical name: gastroenteritis, colitis, or gastritis Major symptoms: fever, vomiting, and frequent, watery (usually nonbloody) diarrhea Caused by: most commonly caused by norovirus in adults and rotavirus in kids under 2; it can also be caused by food poisoning...
by Allison Edwards | Jan 3, 2018 | Newsletter, Uncategorized
Happy new year! And happy birthday to us! Exactly one year ago we opened our doors as Kansas City Direct Primary Care. I only saw one patient that day, but that one visit was huge: I helped prevent an unnecessary ER visit for a family. Since that small victory a...
by Allison Edwards | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized
When we all move indoors — and the temperature drops outside — the rate of pesky illness goes way, way up! I’ll talk about colds, flu, and the stomach flu individually over the next few blog posts, but there are a few things to know before we start:...
