Primary Care: The Exam Room to Your Door

Metro Medical Direct provides New York City Hotels Urgent health care services by board certified nurse practitioner Raymond Zakhari. In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association The care of nurse practitioners has been shown to be equal to the care provided by board-certified physicians working in teaching academic university medical centers.  A bilingual nurse practitioner  provide comprehensive primary care in your NYC hotel room to travelers in New York City.

Travelers who become ill can access to medical and nursing care they need within minutes of requesting a Metro Medical Direct’s Hotel Urgent Health Care .  Travelers can request appointments online at MetroMedicalDirect.com via a secure patient portal or by texting the request to 917-484-2709.  The patient or representative will be  contacted, via phone, by the board certified nurse practitioner . Travelers are usually seen within the hour or at the patients requested time.

Hotel medical care services in New York City, NY are a convenient alternative to an expensive emergency room visit and unfamiliar surroundings. The average ER visit in NYC starts at $600, a visit from a board certified primary care provider is a fraction of that cost, and other house call services start at $400.00.

Medical care can be provided in the comfort and safety of your hotel room, office, or apartment.  All patients receive a comprehensive examination and a focused exam specific to the presenting problem.

Most hotel doctors and nurse practitioners can arrange for portable diagnostic testing including electrocardiographs, ultrasounds, and x-rays. Blood tests, rapid strep throat tests, urinalysis, bedside stool examinations, and pregnancy tests can also be done. One company, Metro Medical Direct can even arrange to have an executive physical exam done right in your hotel room.

If travelers need medication refills these requests can be accommodated. The web-based primary care medical house calls practice Metro Medical Direct utilizes electronic prescriptions which allows for your medication to be available in your current city. Most pharmacies in Manhattan can deliver.

If a patient requires hospitalization, the patient is admitted to the closest medical center that can provide the appropriate care. If the condition is stable enough the patient can be transported to New York Presbyterian Hospital on the upper east side of Manhattan.  A complete report will be forwarded to the Emergency Room physician and the appropriate specialist (internists, cardiologist, nephrologist, urologist, general surgeon, dentists) will be notified. An ambulance service is used to transport patients in critical situations.

The services provided by hotel doctors and hotel nurse practitioners  are personalized to the needs of the patients. As a board certified Nurse Practitioner and experienced critical care/ trauma ER Registered Nurse the needs of patients in hotels can be attended to efficiently.

Assistance is also available in obtaining wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, nebulizers, and other home healthcare products.  While you are traveling in NY and staying at a Hotel you can get the urgent medical care services and appropriate follow-up care that you may need. Metro Medical Direct maintains contact with all patients until they are well. The Nurse Practitioner can personally contact your own physician or health care provider to assure continuity of care. A complete electronic record can be forwarded to your physician so that your doctor can be prepared for your arrival home.

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