UCM Digital Health provides virtual care and care within the home, saving one patient and an EMS team from a visit to the ER. Around one month ago, Charles, an elderly veteran, had a procedure through the VA to have a pacemaker placed in his chest due to his history of heart palpitations and fatigue. […]
Dealing with the symptoms of a cold or the flu can be a nuisance at any time of the year – but can be even more inconvenient during the holiday season. With so many illnesses going around right now with similar symptoms, it’s hard to know what you have and what to do when you’re not […]
The holidays are some of the best times of the year and often also the most stressful. Seasonal illnesses are common and accidents and injuries inevitably happen. Jen and Tom are new parents with a toddler. Last year, the couple was hosting 15 of their family members for their annual Thanksgiving celebration. The two of […]
The UCM Digital Health team goes above and beyond to help a patient dealing with anxiety and other life challenges. Carlos is a 25-year-old man who suffers from severe anxiety. He has dealt with it on and off since he was a teenager, but life challenges this past year have just been a lot for […]
Juan had been busy keeping up with his hectic schedule – long work hours, going to school at night, and trying to balance his personal and family commitments. Because of this, he had been neglecting his health. In fact, he couldn’t remember the last time he saw a doctor, even for just a regular check-up. […]
Phyllis started a new job about 6 months ago. In her onboarding materials, she noticed that one of her employer-sponsored benefits is access to UCM Digital Health for 24/7 on-demand healthcare. Luckily, she is generally healthy and doesn’t need to seek care very often. However, recently Phyllis has been suffering from some uncomfortable symptoms. Last […]
Kim has been going through some exciting changes in her life lately. But more important than anything else, Kim is a new mom to a 1-month-old daughter. One night, she was following her usual routine of feeding her daughter in the middle of the night when all of a sudden, her baby began to spit […]
Over the last few weeks, Kay used UCM’s Sam app three separate times to get medical care for her youngest son. “Getting an appointment with our regular pediatrician had become so tough, the earliest we could get in was 10 days away, and that was after I’d spent an hour trying to reach someone at […]
Beth started having a mild stomach ache one Saturday evening after dinner. She decided to take it easy that night, resting and reading a book in bed. She dozed off to sleep early, but woke up at midnight with severe nausea and lower abdominal pain. After about a half hour of bearing the pain and […]
Mara has multiple chronic conditions that she keeps under control with medication, a healthy lifestyle, and regular check-ups with her primary care doctor and specialists. But, sometimes she experiences flare-ups, especially related to her autoimmune disease. She had been having symptoms, with severe dryness and redness on her hands, for about a month, but was […]