1. A primary care physician is the first line of defense to navigate patients overall health and well-being.
  2. Family Medicine Physicians navigate patients to live a healthy life by focusing on disease prevention and managing chronic diseases for a better quality of life.
  3. Family Medicine Physicians are educated in a vast majority of health problems and are crucial in early detection of diseases.
  4. Having a good rapport with your family medicine physician will help them look for ā€œred flagsā€ and provide better outcomes for patients.
  5. Your family medicine physician is your primary advocate in arranging appropriate specialist consults, to help patients get quality care.

 

Source: Dr. Maleshea Hopkins, Dr. Jennifer Kingery and Dr. Kristi Tackett