Crossroads To Care Segment – August 18, 2025

Seg 2 – Crossroads To Care Segment

LISTEN TO THE COMPLETE SHOW FOR DETAILS OF SUBJECTS DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW.

CROSSROADS TO CARE (housecalls are back) w/ Patricia Ryan, MSN, ANP-BC re; An adult nurse-practitioner who makes house calls. A concierge practitioner.
– QUESTIONS FROM “JOEY PALS”
1. Can you get lung cancer if you don’t smoke? (Yes, even from secondary smoke. Df. of Valley Fever from peat dirt. Farmers get this. Coal miners also.)
2. What is Lyme Disease? (You get it mostly from deer tick. Not much of it here in CV. More prevalent in wooded areas or if are hiking. Presents as a classic rash that looks like a bull’s eye. Can become chronic. There are treatments.)
3. Can you take TOO MANY vitamins? (Absolutely, especially if you take too much of one specific one. You can also get a vitamin deficiency, which is more prevalent than vitamin overdose.)
4.What is the “Inspire” gadget? (For folks w/ sleep apnea. Is an implanted device for folks w/ CPAP.)
5. Is there a new virus coming from China? (Yes, there’s a new virus IN CHINA, caused by mosquitoes.)
– SERVICES SUCH AS; Same as in a doctor’s office; She can;
1. Diagnose 2. Treat. 3. Prescribe. 4. Referrals as needed (Xrays, home health care, etc), 5. Do blood tests right there, deliver it to the lab and get you the results. 6. Check-ups.
– DEFINITION of an Adult Nurse Practitioner; a nurse who went back to school and has a Master’s Degree and MAKES HOUSE CALLS.
– DISCUSSION of how the typical house call goes.
– REPORT on how convenient her services are for many folks for many reasons. Good to know your “starting point” from your blood work.
– REPORT on her concierge services for folks 18 and over.
– REPORT that she is the ONLY nurse practitioner who has this type of practice in the Coachella Valley.
1. Check-ups.
2. Overall health.
3. Yearly visits.
4. She will do the blood-draw and deliver it to the labs.
– DISCUSSION of the convenience of her services if you;
1. Don’t drive.
2. Don’t want to sit in the doctor’s office AND WAIT to be seen.
3. Don’t have to get up and get dressed, can be seen while bedridden.
4. How long the wait time is to get an appointment w/ your primary care physician now. Patty can see you in a very timely manner.
– REPORT that you can become a patient w/ a yearly fee or she can bill Medicare and her visits are charged to insurance.
– REPORT that she can write prescriptions. Even for bio-identical hormones as well.
– REPORT that most of her patients are seniors.
– (contact info: www.crossroadstocare.org and (760) 668-1654).

Patty