Three Reasons to Have a Primary Care Doctor

Do you tend to go to the emergency room or urgent care when illness or injury strikes? You could be saving yourself a lot of time and money by having a primary care doctor. Your insurance company wants you to have one primary doctor that you see for minor ailments and disease management alike. Here are three great reasons to have a primary care doctor.

Managed Coordinated Care

When you have a primary care doctor, all of your healthcare professionals have one central point of contact. Your primary care doctor serves as the go between for all of your other healthcare professionals and specialists. Primary care doctors are usually the ones to discover medication interactions or conflicting therapies. 

Preventative Medicine

You have probably heard someone say that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It really is true. When you have a primary care doctor that you see on a routine basis, they will be in a position to help pinpoint health concerns and new health conditions before they become severe enough to impact your life in dramatic ways. Annual physicals, well-woman exams, and preventative screenings are all important as well.

Save Time and Money

The emergency room and urgent care centers are extremely expensive. Most urgent care centers are very limited in what they can treat, and often they will refer you to see a primary care doctor or follow up in the emergency room. For this valuable advice, you pay an exorbitant fee. Emergency rooms are starting to double down on trying to deter patients from using the ER as they would a primary care doctor, and they may charge quite a bit for their services as a result.

If you are ready to take charge of your health by getting a primary care doctor, contact us today to learn how we can help or to schedule an initial appointment.