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patient care.”
The service, provided at no
charge to patients, is avail-
able to all physicians who are
part of the mega multi-spe-
cialty Michigan Healthcare
Professionals (MHP), of which
Comprehensive Urology is
a division. There are 328
multi-discipline physicians and
122 advanced practice providers
in MHP’
s 167 locations.
Korman said the plan is to
offer both telemedicine and the
courier service long term. “Both
eliminate a barrier to care,
” he
said. “Over 50% of our patients
utilizing the home pick up had
an abnormal urinalysis and
required treatment. They may
have gotten septic and even
died because they feared going
to the hospital or the office and
would have missed out on treat-
ment.
”
For his 91-year-old patient,
the new service not only pro-
vided extreme convenience, it
also allowed for quick treatment
that required medication.
“Once the culture was done
and the best course of action
was determined, the doctor
followed up with the necessary
medication,
” said the patient’
s
son. The prescription was filled
at one of MHP’
s two pharma-
cies and was delivered to his
home at no charge. “This made
it doubly easy for us,
” said the
son, who normally would have
driven his father to the doctor’
s
office and also picked up the
prescription.
More than 1,000 patients
have been included in the new
program since its inception.
“Some of them are young, but
most are seniors who are really
at risk,
” Korman said. “This is
really a homerun for the elderly.
It keeps them out of the ER and
urgent care centers.
“There is no reason for some-
one to come into the office to
get tested and then come back
again for test results when it is
difficult or unsafe for them,
” he
said. “It should not come down
to someone having to decide,
‘
Is it more dangerous to come
in or to stay home untreat-
ed?’
”
Contact Comprehensive Urology at:
(248) 336-0123 or access the website
at: www.urologist.org
Jonathan and Dr. Howard Korman
Health
DANIEL SHERBERT, M.D. F.A.C.S.
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ed by The American Board of Surgery,
The American Board of Plastic Surgery & Fellowship
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Specializing in Cosmetic Surgery &
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(248) 865-6400
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