Reducing Re-admissions. Hospitalizations account for nearly one-third of the total $2 trillion spent on health care in the United States. In the majority of cases, hospitalization is necessary and appropriate. However, a substantial fraction of all hospitalizations are patients returning to the hospital soon after their previous stay. These re-hospitalizations are costly, potentially harmful, and […]
Visiting Doctors A long time ago, instead of you going to see the doctor, the doctor would come to see you. Instead of sitting in a waiting room with cheesy music, old magazines, and long waits, you stayed in your own bed, and the doctor rang your doorbell. In our modern era of rushed doctor’s […]
Medical house calls offer physicians and patients and opportunity to interact in a different, more intimate ways that are not possible in the physician office setting. At Resurgia we believe the house call physician is able to provide richly personalized and customized care based on deep patient relationships, and observation of patients in their natural […]
While everyone is looking to cut billions form out national health care bill, many, include the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) believe billions may be saved simply by improving hospital discharges so that patients do not return. To put this idea to the test, CMS has implemented measures to pay hospitals with high 30 […]
Fire up your DeLorean. Health care is headed back to the future. House calls are a sign that we will all see our health care going back to the “old days” when, the doctor came to our homes, giving us real personalized medicine — and saving money at the same time. Click here to read […]
House Calls are Getting Back to Basics This news clip provides a good snapshot of how medical house calls are getting back to basics. These are the types of services that Resurgia offers in Georgia. Some call it retro medicine, we call it getting back to basics. A Better Way to Get Better.