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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

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Mir vel veynen un vel zogn vey iz Mir
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Mir vel veynen- we will cry
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Un azay grays- and so great
Mine kind- my child
Undzer- our
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