Dr. Haden's appointment calendar is closed temporarily, due to the premature birth of his baby boy and admission to the NICU. Thank you for your understanding. His colleagues are cross-covering for current patients, and Dr. Haden expects to have appointment availability again soon.
Your thoughts and prayers for baby boy Haden are appreciated!
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Influenza season is already here, with confirmed cases in Northern Virginia and the DC metro area.
Schedule your flu shot now as soon as possible. Cost at our practice is just $30 for monthly members, and $45 for non-members. The type we purchased is approved for all ages, starting at 6 months old. CVS is charging $50 for comparison. Let your doctor know immediately if you want a flu shot, so we can reserve yours from our available supply.
As a reminder, here’s some background on the flu:
Influenza is an acute respiratory infection. (not “stomach flu”!) It spreads in the humidity of one’s breath (airborne spread). Infected people are contagious up to 24 hours before they even feel ill, which is why it spreads so quickly.
Symptoms vary from moderate to severe, with the most common symptoms being the sudden onset of sneezing, runny nose, cough, shortness of breath, fever, body aches, and headache. Tragically, thousands of people die every year from “the flu.” It can be particularly harsh on infants, elderly, and those with any respiratory conditions like asthma or COPD.
While the annual flu shot is not perfect, it is the best available protection to prime your immune system to fight the virus. Infants cannot receive the vaccine until 6 months of age, so it is important for all of their family members and caretakers to be immunized.
It is physically impossible to catch influenza from the vaccine, so don’t worry about that. But you may feel symptoms of your immune system being activated—mild aches, low grade temperature elevation. That means you are responding appropriately to the immunization.
If you have an egg allergy, talk to your doctor. The CDC recommends that people with an egg allergy still get the vaccine, but under specific conditions.
Need an ear looked at just to make sure it's not infected?
Worried you have strep throat? Allergies driving you crazy?
Itchy rash need looked at?
Our non-member house calls now start at $150 for these Quick Visits to check out a single concern.
Skip the urgent care and let one of our doctors come to you!Pre-register here on the website, then schedule your a la carte house call.
Please note that Dr. Shivone is scheduled for her C-Section 2/28/19 and will then start her maternity leave. Dr. Duane will be covering for Dr. Shivone’s patients during this time if care is needed.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Shivone and sending our prayers and well wishes to her family!
We are very pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Elizabeth Shivone to the Modern Mobile Medicine family. Until early September, Dr. Shivone lived in San Antonio with her husband and their four children, where she served as President of the Catholic Physicians Guild and served on the Medical Advisory Board for Catholic Charities. She received her MD at UT Health Science Center in San Antonio and attended residency at the Christus Santa Rosa Family Medicine Program. After residency, she worked for Christus Physician Group for three years doing outpatient medicine before joining Health By Design, where she was recruited to be one of the founding doctors for Valero Headquarter's Family Wellness Center. She moved with her family to the Washington, D.C. area so her husband could pursue his PhD. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, swimming, gardening, reading, going to museums, and spending time with her husband and children.
Dr. Elizabeth Shivone is now accepting patients in Silver Spring, University Park, Hyattsville and Northeast DC. If you have been waiting for our service to start in Hyattsville, register now! Schedule with Dr. Shivone.
Dear patients, my wife and I welcomed the birth of our daughter last week! While I am not taking full paternity leave, please be advised that I will have reduced availability in the coming weeks.
If your medical need is non-urgent, (like a physical or routine follow up), please delay those appointments until at least October. If it can safely wait, please wait, so that I can maximize time with my family.If you have a more urgent need like a sick-visit, go ahead and schedule the appointment or message me on Spruce to find a mutually agreeable time for your appointment.There may be the rare occasion where I simply am not available for a timely appointment, and you will need to go to an urgent care clinic for proper medical attention.I am continuing to monitor patient messages, but may be more delayed in responding than usual, as I tend to my own family.Dr. Duane is helping to monitor my inbox for any test results that you may be expecting. If you feel that your results should already be available to you, please either message Dr. Duane on the portal or call my assistant Diane to check the inbox for your results.Thank you for understanding and all of your prayers and well-wishes!Dr. Haden
The practice will be closed Wednesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Current patients can reach their doctor directly for urgent issues via call or text.
Have a safe and fun Fourth of July!
In celebration of the Well Ray festival, we are offering discounted house calls within the zip codes surrounding our office in Del Ray.
If you have been curious about getting your family's primary care by house calls, give us a try with this special discounted rate. Mention coupon WellRay100 when registering as a new patient.New patients can register HERE to receive the discount automatically.See you at Well Ray!
Modern Mobile Medicine will be closed for Memorial Day. Current patients can reach their doctor by text, email and phone for urgent medical issues only. Appointments and administrative tasks resume Tuesday, 5/29.
Many of our patients have expressed interest in genetic testing to gain information about their ancestry and their health. There are many companies offering genetic testing direct to consumers now, and one of the most popular is 23andMe.For a limited time, you can receive a 20% discount on their testing using this link:https://refer.23andme.com/s/MattHadenMDFor those of you who have been considering the 23andMe testing, this is an opportunity to do-so at a substantial discount. Orders completed via this link will also support our practice by generating a $20 Amazon credit we can use for equipment and medical supplies.
If you have a specific health concern that you would like to investigate with genetic testing, please schedule a phone consult with your doctor to discuss which testing is right for you. 23andMe may not be the right laboratory for your needs, but we can help you find the proper testing.
Current patients can still reach Dr. Duane by phone and email. In-person care will resume Monday 4/2.
Current patients can still reach Dr. Haden by phone, Spruce app and email during this time. In-person care will resume Wednesday 4/4.
Thank you and Happy Easter!
We have had many calls from prospective patients who want our direct primary care, but they do not want house calls, or they may live outside of our service area. To help meet the needs of these families, we now offer memberships for traditional office-based primary care. We call it Pure Primary Care.
Appointments are available with Dr. Haden on Mon, Weds, Fri in Del Ray, Alexandria, and on Tues and Thurs in Fairfax, inside the Tepeyac Ob/Gyn offices (Fair Oaks medical building).
Just like MMMed, Pure patients will benefit from the added convenience of unlimited daytime telemedicine visits. Office visits are also unlimited for Pure members, and they get the same discounted labs with Quest or Sunrise as MMMed patients.
Learn more, register and schedule appointments at www.PurePrimaryCare.com
Thank you for understanding as Dr. Haden takes a fews days off for a family reunion.Current patients will be able to reach Drs. Duane and Haden by telemedicine for urgent medical matters only by the usual means.Please submit routine requests such as medication refills before this time. Routine consultations and new patient visits can be scheduled starting Tuesday the 25th by the normal means on the the website.If you need to be seen in person by a doctor during these few days, you will be directed to an appropriate level of care for your need--an urgent care center for minor matters or the Emergency Department of your local hospital for serious matters. You also have the option of paying for a one-time house call by a fellow house call doctor who is not in our practice.Non-urgent messages and emails will be reviewed when we reopen on Tuesday July 25th. Please allow us 48 hours to catch up on messages after we reopen.
