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“The Doctor Will See You Now”…….In Your House!

By Harold Katz, R.Ph. call experience training. be able to help by suggesting
This trend continued until most recent years. Now, we further improvements.”
Boca Pointers who were see the old-fashioned house calls returning. To quote some Home house calls are not
around during the 1930s unknown prognosticator:” If you live long enough, what goes the same as home health care,
may remember that it was around comes around!” Avowed reasons for the rebirth of in which a skilled registered
common for doctors to make physician house calls include: nurse visits a patient at home
house calls. Many practices, There is a large and growing aging population in this as a follow up to surgery or
especially those in rural areas, state. hospitalization to monitor chronic
were almost entirely made up Some patients simply cannot get to a doctor’s office for conditions. House call physicians
of visits to patients’ homes. reasons of infirmity, immobility, or weakness...and yet don’t accept patients and are responsible
After World War II, those require hospitalization. for their on-going care, keeping in
practices slowly disappeared, as these doctors retired, Portable diagnostic equipment is available as needed. touch as necessary to help the
and a new cadre of physicians took their place. There Medicare will pay for qualified patients’ house calls. patient get and stay well.
were several reasons for this change; and they include: Private insurance may (or may not) cover house calls as In Florida...in Palm Beach
Newer doctors were trained in medical centers where well. County, there are at least two
diagnostic equipment was available. The smart phone and the internet give the house call companies that offer to send a
Not enough residents opted for general practice. physician more opportunities for complete caring of patients. doctor or professional person to the house. Some hospitals
Specialty practices were more attractive. Dr. Diane McMullen, a geriatrician at a Harvard affiliated are starting to offer this service as well.
The financial incentives were low, because fewer hospital points out: “These are just like regular office visits, The admirable fact is that a medical service in vogue
patients could be seen in one day when doing house calls. only we bring our equipment to them. Additionally, we see almost 90 years ago is coming back in style for those who
Many medical schools were no longer offering house how a patient functions in real life at home, and we may have need for it. Credit goes, of course, to the engineers and
technicians who forged the portable equipment for helping
Board Of Directors household diagnosis, but also to the medical professionals
who recognize the need for at home service and make it

April 2019 – April 2020 Officers/Executive Committee available. It is a win/win effort for all involved.
Harold Katz, R.Ph., is a resident of Costa del Sol. 
Chairman and President Barry J. Haberman District 5 Dan Gabrielle (La Corniche)
Vice Chair Steve Retzer Esplanada, Caravelle, Palomar, La Corniche,
Vice President Gail Ehrlich and El Dorado
2nd Vice President Jim Collins District 6 Marvin Lazarowitz (Villa Stel) Please
Secretary Steve King Villa Flora, Montego Bay, Villa Stel, and Palladium
Treasurer Harvey Kaplan District 7 Joyce Britt (Villa Sonrisa) Be Courteous
The Plum/Cortina and Villa Sonrisa
District Directors District 8 Len Kagan (Costa del Sol) Pedestrians
District 1 Alvaro Fernandez Caballero (Encantada) Costa del Sol and Costa Brava
Encantada, Valencia and The Palms District 9 Robin Gliboff (Edgewater) have the
District 2 Steve King (Imperial Royale) Edgewater Pointe Estates and Stratford Court
Promenade, Imperial Royale, Imperial, Regency right of
and Panaché At Large Directors At Large Directors
District 3 Steve Retzer (La Mirada) Through 2020 Through 2021 way!
La Mirada and Meridiana Carsten Bethge (Valencia) Howard Davis (La Corniche)
District 4 Bob Greenstein (La Paz) Dan Gabrielle (La Corniche) Gail Ehrlich (Villa Flora)
El Viento, La Paz, and Southwinds Harvey Kaplan (Meridiana) Barry J. Haberman (Encantada)

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