MDHI Medicine

MDHI Medicine provides clinical care, social support, education, and research, to include:

• Acute minor illness or injuries
• Mental Health – evaluation and medication, cognitive behavioral therapy, guided imagery with relaxation. Please see our latest book, Biblical Counseling and Mental Health, on Amazon. Our website includes:
• Exercises for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
• Clinical Assessment Tools
• Games to develop emotional control and memory skills.
• Non-operative sports and rehabilitative medicine care
• Preventive medicine care, such as physical exams.
• Preventive, Occupational, and Environmental Medicine
• World Medicine (including acupuncture, yoga, and other areas of traditional Chinese, Indian, African, and Native medicine).
• Health, fitness, and aesthetics

MDHI uses human decision-making augmented by artificial intelligence (AI) for screening, diagnosis, therapy, and prevention. Research and experience suggest that AI-augmentation results in more accurate diagnoses and better overall care. We hope that patients will benefit from AI, by using these AI-Chatbot-Prompts.

If you are in the United States and need emergency care, please call 911 immediately. If you are elsewhere, please follow your appropriate national, regional, or local system to access medical care. MDHI Medicine does not charge for services.

Social Support Services

Social factors such as poverty, violence, and addiction impact, but do not determine, health. The local church is usually a good place to find help with meeting needs. Churches often specialize in their social services, with Church A offering a food bank, Church B sponsoring a clothing closet, and Church C providing money for rent or utility bills. 

US-based patients can use the Neighborhood Navigator to find help with food, housing, goods, transportation, employment, money, and legal and financial issues. Enter your zip code to find resources in your area. If you wish to volunteer to meet needs remotely or in your area, visit JustServe.org to find opportunities. 

How to prepare for your visit

In telemedicine, many parts of the physical exam cannot be done by the provider like they can in an in-person visit. Please have the following items at hand before your telemedicine exam:

1. Flashlight – to illuminate skin findings (such as a rash) and to check the reactivity of pupils (in the eyes) to light. Do not use the flashlight on your phone if you are using the phone for the telemedicine connection. The light must be separate from the phone.
2. Spoon – to depress the tongue during a throat examination.
3. Magnifying glass – to magnify skin findings
4. Other medical equipment (stethoscope, glucometer, pulsoximeter, blood pressure machine) – as available

Please expose the body part which is causing the concern. For example, if your main complaint is ankle pain, please expose the painful ankle and the other ankle for comparison. If your primary complaint is nausea or vomiting, please expose your abdomen. Do not expose private body parts, such as anything covered by a swimsuit, at any time. Please see your primary care or specialty physician for such concerns.

If you are concerned that you may have a mental health condition, please keep a daily record (a diary) of your mental health symptoms. Include the type and severity of functional impairment (troubles living your life). After 1-3 months, up to 6 months, please see your doctor. At any point, if your symptoms are severe, please see your physician. If you fear that you might harm yourself or someone else, please seek emergency care at once. 

Please also review these linked articles on telemedicine and online therapy. ClinCalc is useful for clinical calculations. 

Accessing the MDHI

You may contact Dr. Harris in-person or via MDHarrisInstitute@gmail.com, Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp to request a consultation. Please check-in to the MDHI Virtual Consultation Room at least five minutes before the appointed time. Signing in will automatically notify the doctor and he will admit you to the Virtual Consultation Room.

What to expect at your visit

Please let Dr. Harris know if you cannot see and hear him adequately. He will ask for your consent to interview, examine, and treat you. You may hear him typing in your medical record while talking to you. Sometimes he will look away because he is typing or looking up the latest medical references. Feel free to discuss any physical or mental health concern you have with Dr. Harris. Discussions with US-based patients will focus on education rather than diagnosis and treatment. Educational discussions do not establish a patient-provider relationship. 

History

If you are a non-US based patient seeing Dr. Harris for a clinical appointment rather than simply for education, he may ask you about the following:

1. Chief complaint – What is the main concern that you have today?
2. History of Present Illness – Please provide more information about the symptoms that you currently have and the story behind your current complaint.
3. Medical, Surgical, and Mental Health History
4. Social and Occupational History
5. Family and Reproductive History – if needed
6. Medication Use
7. Alcohol, Tobacco, and other substance use – if needed
8. Social influences on health (food security, poverty) – if needed

Please feel free to answer or refuse to answer any question. 

Examination

In a telemedicine visit, the patient will need to do some parts of the exam that a physician does in an in-person visit. For example, if the doctor asks you to squeeze your fingertip, he is checking to see how quickly the color turns from white (when the blood has been squeezed out) to red again (when the blood returns). If he asks you to walk, he is checking your gait. Depending upon your complaints, the exam will be more or less detailed. Musculoskeletal and rehabilitative care typically require examinations including strength and range of motion testing.

After your visit

You will achieve the greatest success if you follow Dr. Harris’ instructions carefully and consistently. Chronic pain, swelling, and poor range of motion frequently found in sports and rehabilitation practices take a long time to improve. Exercises are extremely important. Ask about mental and physical health surveys and exercises by Adhere.ly.

If you develop negative effects from any treatment, please see your doctor for primary, specialty, or emergency care as soon as possible. MDHI Medicine does not provide ongoing primary or specialty care and does not provide emergency care except in urgencies or emergencies. Patient information protection is a top priority for MDHI Medicine. We use Doxy.me, a HIPAA compliant telemedicine portal.

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