Narcisse asks which services NYC Care members use most; Long lists top five

What services are most frequently utilized by New York City Care members, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral health services, prescription medications, and preventive care?

So the top five that go behind primary care, which is the gateway to everything.

The gateway, okay.

OBGYN, eye care.

OBGYN?

Yep.

Okay.

OBGYN, eye care, dental care, cardiology care, and podiatry care.

Not bad.

What happened to the GI?

Because we know we have an increase in colon cancer.

That's why I'm saying it.

I'm not saying it has a joke because there's so many people under.

If we could stay there for a second, it's actually a really good question we think a lot about.

So it used to be that GI was one of the services where there was a bottleneck because we were following what we call the USPSTF preventive services guidelines where you need a colonoscopy every 10 years.

What we do today, though, which is way more efficient and effective, is we could do an annual test where you don't have to drink the liquid, get put to sleep, go through the colonoscopy, and just do what's called a fit test.

And I talk to my patients about this when I'm in clinic every week.

All they have to do is just do a quick test once a year, and that's in lieu of.

of a colonoscopy.

But what that does is, they would have otherwise been waiting in the queue to see a gastroenterologist to get the colonoscopy.

So by doing things differently with the technology that's being developed out there, we've been able to save our gastroenterologists, lowering their wait times for things that really need to go to them, and we're able to do more in primary care.

And patients prefer this so much more.

You don't have to miss a day of work.

You don't have to get someone to take care of you that day.

It's way better, and it's increased our screening rates.