Do you remember the last time you had a visit from your family doctor? You woke up in the morning with a sore throat and your mom said that you could stay home from school...then you started to ache and a day off wasn't so much fun anymore.
By the time she called the doctor, you were perfectly miserable and looking for any relief. Then there was his welcome knock at the door. By this time, it even hurt to sit up. Finally. He set his worn black leather bag down on the hassock, wiggled and mashed it around so it wouldn't tip over, then opened it brusquely with a loud snap.
The doctor of my childhood had a bristly mustache and old fashioned wire rimmed glasses that he wore down at the end of his nose. He liked to peer over them and the cold touch of his stethscope was accompanied by mysterious sharp ether-medicinal smells. He growled and hummed deep in his throat as he considered his diagnosis.
The whole procedure was reasuring because you could see relief coming. A sip or teaspoonful of "tonic", little pills that he carried in his bag which were counted off in his palm and slipped into a paper envelope (the likes of which I haven't seen since), and off he went.
House calls are not extinct. Home visit service is coming to Trenton.
The company proposing to bring back this personal service is RevolutionCare and they do make house calls. The main headquarters is in Moorestown, New Jersey, and the concept seems to be tailored made for the disabled, elderly and chronically ill.
According to their spokesperson, Wayne Driscoll, Board Certified Nurse Practitioners visit you in your home. They work with your other physicians or specialists and coordinate the following in your home: routine lab testing, X-ray and EKG, diagnostic ultrasound, optometry and others. For folks who have diabetes and need testing or sudden consultation, this may even make hospital visits less frequent.
The company representative indicated that medical records will be maintained electronically and that means that all information about the patient is instantly available in case of an emergency. For geriatric and the disabled where transportation to doctor offices is a challenge, the home call option is very practical.
If you would like more information about this growing company, they may be reached toll free at 866-648-2767 or on the web at www.rev-care.com.
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Dear Artful Codger,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing information about RevolutionCare in your recent blog, "Doctors who make house calls".
We believe our 3-pronged approach to healthcare, which includes the services of a Nurse Practitioner (NP) who comes to your place of residence, the collaboration of advanced-degree pharmacists who work with the NP caregiver to monitor and manage medication therapy, and the coordination of care through the use of a patient electronic medical record is the kind of care our seniors deserve.
One of the specialty services readers might be interested in knowing more about is continence care management. Urinary Incontinence (UI) is a common condition that affects more than 70% of the residents who live in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, along with a large percent of seniors who attend medical adult care centers and reside in their own homes. RevolutionCare serves patients in all those locations. Most patients experience total or substantial relief when provided with proper continence care.
For those readers who want more information, they are most welcome to check out our website at www.rev-care.com or call us at 866-648-2767. Keep the good information flowing, Artful Codger!
Dianne
Community Relations at Rev-Care