Catherine Smith’s path to becoming a registered medical assistant at Smith Family MD may have been unconventional, but she feels confident she has found her calling. She earned her bachelor’s degree in communications and spent her formative career working in health care administration in Greenwood, South Carolina. When she and her husband Scott had children, […]
Primary Care Doctors
The Truth About Sleep Apnea
This is an equal-opportunity disease. While we see sleep apnea in people who fit the common profile, the fact is that it doesn’t matter if you’re skinny or fat, young or old. This post originally appeared on Charleston Physicians. Dr. Dana Blalock is on a mission to educate people about the common misconceptions associated with […]
MUSC Opens Branch in Ben Sawyer Plaza, the Perfect Location
MUSC Health Primary Care is celebrating the recent opening of a new practice, Ben Sawyer Primary Care, that will make it easier for Mount Pleasant residents to visit their family doctor. According to MUSC leadership, plans for the new office have long been in the works. The new site, at 1440 Ben Sawyer Plaza, just […]
Affordable Healthcare: Atlas Healthcare, PA
Health insurance policies first emerged in the industrial era of the 1880s, powered by the rise of unions that sought compensation for the illnesses and injuries of steel factory workers. They were designed to mitigate the economic hardship caused by unforeseen accidents. Since those humble beginnings, health care has morphed into a huge industry, fueled […]
Mount Pleasant Primary Care Doctors: Lifelong Friends
The U.S. health care system is a complex maze for doctors and patients alike, a complicated conglomeration of difficult-to-understand terminology and incomprehensible insurance rules and regulations that are more likely to cause a headache than to cure one. Should you visit your doctor every time you or one of the kids sneezes or gets a […]