Hilltop Primary Care

Stroke Awareness Month — enacting better protocols can save lives

The reality when it comes to strokes? The closest hospital is not always the best option.

Stop What You’re Doing and Take Off Your Shoes

A doctor explains why it is so important to check the soles of your feet.

Refuse to accept that burnout is a natural experience in health care

We chose these paths to help people. That means engaging with a system defined by its severe dysfunction and refusing to accept that burnout is a natural experience in health care.

Listen To Your Heart: Attack or Failure?

Both heart attack and heart failure are life changing events and can be fatal. However, they are two very different things and being able to identify them could save your life.According to the American Heart Association, a heart attack occurs wh

How to Fit in Exercise While You Travel

Traveling, whether for business or pleasure, is no reason to leave your fitness goals behind. Here’s how to get a good workout, on the go.

Men's guide to good health

Whether you’re an eligible bachelor, a busy dad, or a proud grandfather, you plan an important role in the lives of those around you. So take care of the basics to stay on top of your game.

14 Tips for Less Painful Mammograms

By Donna Gregory Burch For me, mammograms rate right up there with getting my teeth cleaned and giving up bread. I don’t enjoy having my annual mammogram, but I do it because mammography is s…

When should I find a primary care provider?

WORTHINGTON — It can be tough to know when it’s the right time to find a primary care provider.

What To Expect When You Visit Your Primary Care Physician

During your first visit, your primary care provider will focus on collecting information that will help them get a better understanding...

When primary care handles the consequences of psychiatric medication prescribing

Why is it then that primary care docs, sometimes myself included, feel a little annoyed when we have to deal with the consequences of psychiatric medication prescribing?

What is Primary Care?

PwC Report: Most Primary Care Teams Not Designed to Optimize Care

Most primary care teams are not designed to optimize care or meet consumer demands for convenience and value, according to PwC’s Health Research Institute

Have a HMO? Make Sure You Choose a Primary Doctor

No matter what plan you have, it's important to have a primary doctor. If you're a Blue Care Network HMO member, however, it's even more important.

'Where Does It Hurt?': Primary Care Tips for Common Ortho Problems

Musculoskeletal pain is one of the most common problems seen in primary care; in a presentation at the annual ACP meeting, an expert offered pointers on assessment and treatment.

Walking Pace May Signal If Stroke Patients Can Return to Work

Walking speed may indicate whether young stroke survivors are ready to return to work, a new study suggests.

What Illnesses/Conditions Do Primary Care Physicians Treat?

Simply put, your primary care provider is your health manager! They are in private practices, long-term care facilities, clinics.........

Primary Care Providers Report More Workplace Burnout, Anxiety

Primary care providers report more workplace burnout and higher scores for anxiety than other health care professionals.