By Dr. Kenneth Rudd, MD, MPH, MHCDS from Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital
How do you know when it’s time to go to the hospital Emergency Room versus seeking care elsewhere?
Because I work as both an Emergency Room doctor for Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital in Townshend, VT, and as a primary care doctor for Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon, NH, and have also worked for an Urgent Care Center, I enjoy helping patients navigate the best place to go for healthcare.
The Primary Care Advantage:
My main advice, which I have seen hold true all over the world, from living in China for seven years, to studying Public Health, to working at Dartmouth College and the World Health Organization on international healthcare collaborations, to global primary care research on shared decision making, is, whenever possible, see your primary care provider (PCP).
What doctor knows you best? Where do you have relationship and trust? If it isn’t with your PCP, then find a provider that is a good fit for you and build this.
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