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Healthcare Reform: A Nurse Practitioner's Perspective
August 10, 2009 10:53 AM by Sharon Ledbetter
Most of my spare time is spent listening to and watching the healthcare reform debate. I know that I favor a single payer system but I also know many people do not. My intent is not to get in a debate about this, as I don't think it will happen. What Read More...
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Educating Patients in Retail Clinics
May 11, 2009 10:11 AM by Sharon Ledbetter
What is up with retail clinics in May? Well, I have been out of action for most of the moth of April so I have missed the end of flu season and the push of sport physical exams that seem to come with spring. Living in Atlanta, the "wanna-be" capitol of Read More...
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Innovation in Convenient Care
March 11, 2009 11:30 AM by Sharon Ledbetter
Presently the scope of practice in Retail Clinics is limited to minor acute illness. In the future there seem to be many areas of preventive care that the idea of convenient and lower priced would work well with. Blood pressures and offering other screening Read More...
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Happy New Year!
January 9, 2009 12:43 PM by Sharon Ledbetter
This last year had its challenges and it’s wonders. I hope to see 2009 surpass the past in wonders and our challenges are less dramatic and violent. Happy Peaceful New Year. Retail health care is very busy this time of year. With the stresses of the economy, Read More...
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Fast Flu Shots
October 7, 2008 11:43 AM by Jodi Delagrave
As the weather gets cooler and the leaves start to change into their brilliance we are once again approaching flu shot season. This year as I practice in a retail setting I am once again impressed at the commitment from retail health providers in providing Read More...
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