Due to the overwhelming response to COVID testing, Piedmont Family Practice met with County, Town and Virginia Health Department Officials last night to discuss how best to proceed. We must once again adjust our procedures to meet our local demand.Effective…
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Important Covid Update from Piedmont Family Practice and The Community Wide Covid Screening Task Force
First, I’d like to thank our community friends and patients that have donated time, supplies, made masks, and given extra supplies such as gloves, masks, etc. The generosity of our community has been inspiring. The newest update is a collaborative…
New Opportunities to Better Serve our PFP Families
Here at Piedmont Family Practice your health is our top priority. Starting Thursday, March 26, 2020 we will be implementing two new processes to help ensure your wellness. 1. When calling to schedule appointments you will now have an option to schedule a Tele-Health visit pending approval from your physician. For more information on how this works and the consent form,…
March 23 COVID-19 Update from Dr. von Elten
Covid-19 is a disease caused by the SARS CoV2 virus. Below is a brief summary of what we know. I have reviewed many different sources of information. This is the best summary we can provide this point of time. Much…
Updates and Suggestions for Coronavirus 03/18/2018
Fortunately, our Regional Health Departments (Fauquier, Culpeper, Rappahannock, Orange and Madison County’s ) have no reported cases of proven COVID-19 disease, as of this morning. However, the limitation is that healthcare providers are only able to screen high risk patients…
Piedmont Family Practice’s Top 11 Tips for Staying Healthy Through the Holidays
It’s hard to believe, but the holidays are lurking around the corner. If you have diabetes, this time of year can be very hard to control your diet and health. Even if you don’t have diabetes, all of the parties,…
Flu Shots Beginning in October
It’s hard to believe that we’re over half way through September and the dreaded cold and flu season is around the corner. Piedmont Family Practice wants you to know the facts as presented by the Center for Disease Control and…
CDC Announces Shortage that Affects TB Testing
Patients of Piedmont Family Practice. We wanted to make you aware that there is a PPD Shortage as presented by the CDC (https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00420.asp) What is PPD? APLISOL® is one of two purified-protein derivative (PPD) tuberculin antigens that are licensed by…