How to Choose a Primary Care Physician/Provider

Primary care providers save lives! With that said, we all need a competent, compassionate and accessible health professional to provide primary care services. This is essential to healthy living as these professionals can provide everything from preventive health services, general health counseling, access and referrals to specialists, counseling and even assistance with many of the social factors that can affect our health and well-being. We had a discussion with Dr. Alexa Mieses-Malchuk, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine and a Family Medicine Physician on the importance of having a primary care provider and tips on how you can find the best provider for you and your family! Enjoy the program and please check out the resources below so that you can find your match!    National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging: How to Choose a Doctor You Can Talk To- https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/how-choose-doctor-you-can-talk American Medical Association DoctorFinder: https://doctorfinder.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/disclaimer.jsp American Board of Medical Specialties' Certification Matters Database: https://www.certificationmatters.org/ National Library of Medicine's Medline Plus Physician Directories List: https://medlineplus.gov/directories.html Medicare.gov Physician Compare Tool: https://www.medicare.gov/physiciancompare/