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Page 1: Family Medicine at Monument Square - UMDNJumg.umdnj.edu/departments/family_medicine_and_community_health...Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group is the faculty ... Family Medicine at Monument

Where great medicine is academic.

Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group is the facultypractice of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School,part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Family Medicine at Monument Square317 George StreetNew Brunswick, NJ 08901732-235-8993Fax: 732-246-7317Email: [email protected]

Comprehensive Care for Your Whole Family

Family Medicine atMonument Squareis your personalmedical home.We are committed to care that is

Individualized to your health•needsResponsive and compassionate•Family- and patient-oriented•

At the heart of our practice are coordinated teams, led by board-certified family medicine physicians,that include physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and front-officestaff—all focused on you.

Thank you for choosing us asyour partner in meeting yourhealth care needs.

Office Hours

Monday, Wednesday & Friday8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuesday & Thursday8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.

Walk-in or same-day visits are welcome between 8:00 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. for all established patients.

After-Hours On-Call Service732-235-8993

As family medicine specialists, we have theability to care for patients’ evolving healthcare issues, from newborn to end-of-lifecare. Our full array of clinical services includes:

Primary care for infants, children,•and adultsUrgent care•Annual physicals and wellness visits•Geriatric medicine•Minor surgical and gynecological•proceduresPrenatal and delivery services•Sports medicine•Women’s health•Home visits•Acupuncture•

Family Medicine at Monument Square is proud to be a premier teaching center of Rutgers RobertWood Johnson Medical School—training familymedicine physicians, as well as medical, nursing, and other health profession students.

Family Medicine atMonument Square

February 2015

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Please contact your pharmacy directly to requestrefills at least three business days beforeyou run out of medication. Your pharmacy willcontact our office for approval. Within threebusiness days, you will receive your refill or anexplanation of why we are unable to refill themedicine. Alternatively, you can email your refillrequest to [email protected].

Your test results will be available from our officewithin two weeks of the date the test wasperformed. You can access your results througha secure health connection website calledRWJMedConnect (you can log in athttps://rwjmedconnect.gehealthcare.com), oryou can ask your family doctor to send your results by mail. You will be called directly by yourdoctor or team nurse with any urgent findings.

If you have not received your results after 15days, please call and leave a message for yourteam nurse. We hold your confidentiality in thehighest regard and will only discuss your resultswith you or someone you have designated.

It’s important for us to know your entire medicalhistory and other physicians who are caring foryou, so that we can coordinate your care to besure there are no unnecessary repeats of testsor interactions among your medications.

We follow U.S. Preventive Health Servicesguidelines for preventive health and use evidence-based care in helping you toward betterhealth. We offer a range of self-managementteaching right here in our office, including diabetic blood sugar testing and insulin injectioninstruction.

While we provide most of what patients needwithin our office, please let us coordinate yourcare if you need to see a specialist by discussingthe problem with your primary care physician. If needed, consultations are available with ourspecialty colleagues here at Rutgers RobertWood Johnson Medical Group, who share ourelectronic health record and will have all yourhealth information at their fingertips.

Please request all non-emergency referrals atleast seven days in advance of your appointmentwith other services; unless it is an emergency,we are unable to accommodate walk-in requests for referrals or to fax referrals. Post-dated referral requests will not be processed.

Please bring your insurance card to each visitand present it to the receptionist. Whenthere has been a change in your personaland/or insurance information, please help bynotifying us immediately of the changes.

If you have questions regarding anybills received from our practice, pleasecall 732-235-8315.

24/7Physician AccessBecause minor illnesses andmedical issues don’t keep regular office hours, we have a doctor on call after our office is closed—even on theweekends. Our physicians canhelp you get the care youneed, when you need it.

For urgent health needs, pleasecall our office to be connectedwith our on-call doctors, anytime day or night:

732-235-8993Please note: In a medical emergency,dial 9-1-1, or go immediately to thehospital emergency department.Be sure to give them our practice name—Family Medicine at Monument Square—toensure coordination of care after youremergency visit or hospital stay. RobertWood Johnson University Hospital is theprincipal hospital of Robert Wood JohnsonMedical School.

To schedule an appointment with one of ourphysicians—whether for a routine follow-up,wellness visit, or same-day sick visit—call ourmain line at 732-235-8993.

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to yourappointment time to ensure insurance paperwork is complete.

If you arrive 10 or more minutes late,we may need to reschedule your appointment. We will work to accommodateyou in any way possible—for example, arrangingfor you to see another doctor who is available,delaying your appointment until your scheduledphysician is available, or possibly rescheduling foranother day. This policy exists as a courtesy toyou and all of our patients.

Making an Appointment

Refilling a Prescription

Learning Your Test ResultsCare Coordination

Insurance Coverage

Get secure, 24/7 access to your health information: register at https://rwjmedconnect.gehealthcare.com