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DR. BIONDI, Family Medicine, Chatham, ON

For Dr. Biondi's Patients Only

Please read below to prepare for your appointment

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DR. BIONDI, Family Medicine, Chatham, ON

For Dr. Biondi's Patients Only

Please read below to prepare for your appointment

Click to BOOK an Appointment

Please Prepare for Your Appointment...

Do you have sore Joints, muscles or back pain?

I am more than happy to see you for a visit to assess concerns about joint, muscle and/or back pain.

- I find patients with joint or back pain are often motivated to ask for imaging such as x-ray or even CT or MRI. Such imaging is important if there is deformity, bruising and/or swelling, especially if there has been an impact or foce applied to the bone or joint. But when there is little or no swelling and no bruisng or deformity, xray is much less helpful. Yet, often patients over prioritize getting imaging from a doctor when what they really need is physiotherapy.

- Physiotherapists are excellet at diagnosing and treating joint, muscle and back pain.

- I strongly urge you to consider self-referring to one of our local physiotherapists or chiropractors as soon as possible for assessment.

- Regarding prescriptions/notes for physiotherapy: whether required by insurance or otherwise, there is a fee and an office appointment is required.

The following is a list of some of the physiotherapists in Chatham-Kent. The list is not exhaustive. Other professionals such as chiropractors, massage therapists and accupuncturists, while not included below, may also be helpful for improvement in function, pain reduction and recovery.

ArthurCare

- https://www.arthurcare.com/patient/

Chatham Physio+

- (519) 351-9100

- 20 Emma St Building B, Chatham, ON N7L 5K5

Peach*

- (519) 358-7342

- 421 St Clair St, Chatham-Kent, ON N7L 3K4

Talbot Trail+

- (519) 676-1192

- 110 Talbot St W, Blenheim, ON N0P 1A0

Willow*

- (519) 365-0122

- 423 Richmond St, Chatham, ON N7M 1R1

Woodall

- (519) 351-0363

- 24 Thames St, Chatham, ON N7L 1S2

*Offer 'pelvic health' physiotherapy

+Covered by Ontario Drug Benefit

Need a periodic health review?

I am pleased launch a Periodic Health Review service. Please book your appointment today.

Goals:

- Medical history and medication review/renewal

- Vaccine update

- Cancer screening

- Health risk(s) review

- Genito-urinary and reproductive health review

- Other symptoms you are concerned about

Please complete this questionnaire before your appointment.

Please prepare for your appointment...

1. Please bring ALL your prescribed and over-the-counter medications and supplements to EACH your medical appointments

- we may not need your medications but it is better to be prepared in case we do!

2. We will only have time to discuss 1 involved or a few more minor medical problems at your appointment in order to keep the office running on-time

- Please chose your most pressing concern

- I’m happy to discuss additional issues at future appointments - please feel free to rebook with my receptionist at 519-352-3210 or online

- Thank you for your understanding. I am trying to keep office wait-times as short as possible for everyone!

An ounce of prevention...

In addition to the reason you have booked, I am happy to provide the following preventive care during your appointment, so please ask!1. Check your blood pressure 2. Check your weight...and provide dietary advice to help you improve your weight 3. Provide advice on how to stop smoking cigarettes 4. Review your vaccinations and provide any necessary updates for:

Tetanus
Pneumonia
Influenza (Flu)
Shingles
Childhood series

5. Review your cancer screening and help you get up-to-date for:

Cervical cancer screening (women over age 25)
Breast cancer screening (women over age 40)
Colon cancer screening (men and women over age 50)

6. Refill medications

Regarding medication refills...

1. Please bring all of your medication(s) to every office appointment

2. When your refills run out, it’s time to come back to the office for reassessment of your medical condition(s)

3. Please book a follow-up appointment when:

You have 0 refills left, and/or,
You are down to 4 weeks of medication remaining.
Don’t wait until the last minute to book a medication refill appointment!
If left to the last minute, your pharmacist may choose to dispense a small quantity of medication at his or her discretion

4. For patients I see often, such as those with diabetes, please come prepared to ask for refills for those medications if you will run out of before your next scheduled appointment, which is usually 4 months away

5. There will be a service fee for medication refills without an office appointment. Please see below.

Regarding services not insured by OHIP...

1. Refilling medication prescriptions without an office visit is not an OHIP insured service.

Such refill requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
If it is safe to refill a medication without an in-office reassessment, I will prepare the prescription and you will be invoiced a $25 fee for this service.

2. Most forms and notes for school, work, government and insurance companies are not an OHIP insured service.

There will likely be a fee.
I am happy to provide a free quote ahead of form/note completion.

3. Printing components from your chart will incur a fee of $1.00/page, minimum $5.00/request.

4. There will be a $40.00 fee for missed appointments

If Dr. Biondi ordered lab work or imaging such as ultrasound, CT or MRI as part of your appointment...

Please be sure you have a follow-up appointment booked with me about 1 week after you complete your tests so that we can review your results together.

Is there a charge if I miss my appointment?

With advanced notice, we are happy to cancel and reschedule your appointment at no cost.

A missed appointment without advanced notice will be invoiced $40.00, payable prior to the next appointment.

In the event of aggressive verbal or physical behavior by a patient...

I recognize that when you need a doctor’s help, you may not be feeling well...you may not be having your best day – and you may not conduct yourself in the best way.

Yet, for the safety and mental health of the staff who work in this family practice, verbal/physical aggression either on the phone or in person cannot be tolerated.

If such behaviour is reported, said patient will receive a registered letter to the address on file identifying the behavior and providing a warning that any future behaviour will result in discharge from my family practice.

A second episode will result in a second registered letter stating that you have been discharged from this practice and you will have to go elsewhere for primary care.

Is Dr. Biondi's family practice accepting new patients?

In order to provide the best service possible to my existing patients, I am not accepting new patients at this time.

However, I will accept some refers from other physicians for 2 extra services I provide:

1. "Ingrown toenail" help (only the Vandenbos procedure), and,

2. Personalized Meal Planning

DR. BIONDI, Family Medicine, Chatham, ON

DR. BIONDI, Family Medicine, Chatham, ON

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