Seeking a New Primary Care Physician in Savannah, Georgia? Here Are 7-Reasons to Join Harvest Health MD Direct Primary Care for your Primary Care Needs:
1) You’ve Experienced Difficulty Scheduling An Appointment
At Harvest Health MD, scheduling appointments is a fairly simple task. Scheduling an appointment is easier because you always have the same doctor (Dr. Lawrence) and office staff that become familiar with you and your medical needs.
Also, since Harvest Health MD sees significantly fewer patients than an insurance-based practice, we have more time to dedicate to our patients when we are needed. Harvest Health MD offers prioritized visits and patients can often be scheduled to be seen next-day. In addition, we offer telehealth as an alternative if a physical visit is not conducive to scheduling.
This can help people who live far away get access to their doctors when needed. Compare this to the average wait-time for a patient in a traditional insurance-based primary care setting where the wait is approximately 6-weeks to be scheduled for an appointment with their physician.
2) You Are Tired of Long Wait times
Imagine an office where the schedule wasn’t double and triple booked. Imagine the doctor being ready for you at or near your appointment time. Imagine being in a waiting room with barely anyone in it. That is how Harvest Health MD operates. When you schedule an appointment at Harvest Health MD, you can expect to be the one-and-only at your reserved appointment time. In fact, in many Direct Primary Care (DPC) practices, the waiting room is a relic to be filled with decor than to be utilized for its actual purpose.
3) You’ve Experienced Poor Bedside Manner/Unfriendly Office Staff
Poor bedside manner is not always the result of the individual. Sometimes it is the direct consequence of a faulty system. When there isn’t ample time to complete tasks in any stressful work environment – personal interactions and relationships suffer. This is the same in medicine.
The Harvest Health MD experience has been a refreshing change for many patients who have had negative experiences with traditional offices. In the direct care setting, many of the systematic barriers that create challenges for the healthcare professional are removed so that your physician has the time and ability to focus on you, the patient. At Harvest Health MD, we prioritize putting the doctor-patient relationship back at the forefront of medicine.
4) You Are Tired of Poor Communication/Not Feeling Heard
Communication with the doctor’s office and in the health system at large can often be a drawback for patients. It can be challenging to get in contact with the office, to get a call back, and to get all of your questions answered.
Traditional physicians often have fixed schedules, with multiple patients and no break in their schedule thus it becomes quite a challenge to get a hold of them during business hours.
In a direct care setting, there is less red tape and minimal effort required to get on the phone with your physician. At Harvest Health MD, patients have extended-time with their doctor (30-60 minute appointments) to be able to discuss their medical concerns without feeling rushed and can speak with their doctor directly over the phone or via email.
5) You Desire Tele-health Options or More Integrated Technology
Many Direct Primary Care (DPC) practices have aspects of telehealth integrated into their practice. Members of Harvest Health MD have the capability of video chats, telephone communications, email, and potentially text messaging.
Tele-health opportunities provide additional access and save patients time who are either sick and unable to leave their home, or simply need prescriptions refilled, or just want the convenience of not having to call out of work for a 30-minute appointment.
There are many people who would love the convenience of tele-health if it was available at their doctor’s office, thus, making them more likely to seek medical attention sooner rather than waiting until an illness potentially becomes life-threatening.
6) You Desire More Access to Your Doctor
A hallmark of the Direct Primary Care (DPC) practice model is the increased access to the doctor. At Harvest Health MD, patients can call, email, and in some cases even text their primary care physician directly when in need of urgent medical advice.
Patients are able to get in touch with their doctor when needed because it is a more simplified version of healthcare. The doctor-patient relationship is placed back at the forefront of medicine and patient care is now accessible, personalized, and convenient. Having increased access to your physician allows for care to be more streamlined providing the opportunity for the doctor to closely follow the patient’s health journey.
7) You Do Not Need Insurance
Need I say more. This is a big selling point for people who do not have traditional insurance plans. Many people falsely believe that they cannot see a doctor because it would costs hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars.
This is simply not true. For the folks who do have insurance, Direct Primary Care serves as an alternative model to where they can experience similar aspects of concierge-like care for a fraction of the cost.
Direct Primary Care (DPC) through Harvest Health MD is a way for people to experience high quality, cost-effective, personalized healthcare from a personable doctor. If you are in the Savannah, Georgia area and are seeking a new Primary Care Provider, Visit Our Membership Page to enroll or Call Our Office Today to learn more about how we can best serve you.
Harvest Health MD is a Direct Primary Care medical practice located in Savannah, Georgia established by board-certified Family Medicine Physician, Dr. Jamal Lawrence. Dr. Lawrence has a special emphasis on Lifestyle Medicine and Plant-Based nutrition in patient care at Harvest Health MD. Interested in learning more about becoming a member of Harvest Health MD? Visit Our Membership Page
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