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- Welcome to The Country Doctor, Ltd,
located off Hartman Lane, in the middle of the fastest
growing community in St. Clair County, Shiloh,
Illinois and surrounded by Fairview Heights, O'Fallon,
Swansea, and Belleville, Illinois. The Country Doctor
is 5-15 minutes from the Belleville Hospitals,
laboratories, radiology centers, and physical therapy
centers. At The Country Doctor patients receive care
from Dr. David Larry
Mitchell, an independent, Board-Certified,
Family Medicine Physician who lives and works in St.
Clair County, Illinois.
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- Same
day and next day appointments are available to most
new and established patients, who are part of the
accepted
insurance plans. Patients usually are
seen within minutes of the scheduled appointment time.
The care of the patient is the top priority at The
Country Doctor, Ltd.
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- The new patient
may want to visit the NEW
PATIENT FORMS section. Please bring the completed
forms to the initial appointment. Paper forms are
available to patients without internet
access. New patients are patients who have
never been seen for an office/hospital visit or who
have not been to an office visit in three years. New
patients usually are seen the same day or within 48
hours of the call or email.
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- The
Country Doctor is Dr. David
Mitchell, the primary care physician who
founded The Country Doctor, Ltd. and who is the first
Board-Certified physician to live and work in Shiloh,
Illinois. Dr. David
Mitchell is the only independent, solo Family
Physician to start a practice from scratch in the
Belleville-Shiloh-Swansea-O'Fallon area in the last
nine years and is the last remaining solo Family
Physician under age 50. This means that we do not
have to meet any quotas and cannot be fired by the
hospital-backed practices, as dozens of doctors have
left the area when they do not meet revenue quotas and
are not allowed to practice independently in the area
through multi county no compete clauses.
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- The
Country Doctor is staying in the area longterm and
accepting new patients. Why not choose a local doctor
who grew up in the area and who is not going to leave
the area? If you want to see a physician's
credentials, including if the doctor is board
certified, please visit idfpr.com
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- Why
should you choose The Country Doctor for your
care?
- Care
is from a Board-Certified, Family Physician. When a
doctor is board certified, the doctor meets or exceeds
a national standard of care.
- You
see the same doctor at each office and
hospital visit, meaning you see a doctor who is
familiar with your care.
- Same
day appointments and Saturday morning appointments
usually are available.
- Dr.
Mitchell cares for patients at both Belleville
Hospitals. A review of a recent internet posting
of Family Practice physicians on staff at the
Belleville Hospitals shows that Dr. David Mitchell is
the only full time, solo, Family Practice doctor left
in Belleville, Swansea, Fairview Heights, Shiloh, and
O'Fallon, Illinois who sees inpatients and outpatients
at both Belleville Hospitals. As an example, only 3
family doctors in O'Fallon will care for their
patients when their patients are in the hospitals. The
rest of the family doctors in O'Fallon use residents
or hospitalists and will not see you when you are sick
in the hospital.
- Extended
hours. The Country Doctor has weekday hours
from 8:30-4:30 and Sat from 8:10-noon, secondary to
the influx of new patients. Sometimes we do start as
early as 7:50, depending on the time of the
year.
- Email is available.
Feel free to e-mail for non same day appointments and
nonurgent questions. Emails are answered daily.
- You
do not have to wait two hours to see a doctor for only
3-4 minutes a patient. The American Medical
Association and Health Insurance companies recommend
10-25 minutes for established patient visits and 15-40
minutes for new patient visits.
- Prescription refill requests are
addressed the same day or within 24 hours on weekdays
and each Saturday morning. Most refills are done at
office visits.
- The
Country Doctor is the first St. Clair County practice
to publish its common
fee schedule. Our fees are based on our best PPO
insurance contract.
- Why
overpay and wait at the urgent care or ER for
nonurgent conditions. Most local urgent care centers
are staffed by family practice and internal medicine
doctors, who have the same training as the Country
Doctor. A new patient visit at The Country Doctor
involves minimal waiting time and prices which are up
to 75% cheaper than emergency departments.
List
of common in office services
- Common Vaccines are in stock.
- Please note, we have the shingles
vaccine in stock.
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- Currently we have available for in
office testing with same day results:
- Urinalysis, fasting glucose for
diabetes, rapid strep, and urine pregnancy (most
insurance plans).
- Diabetes, high cholesterol, and
hypertension maintenance with a Hemoglobin A1C for a 3
month sugar average, urine Creatinine and microalbumin
ratio to detect minute kidney damage, general
urinalysis, full cholesterol/lipid panels, and BMPs.
- Basic
Metabolic Panels/Chem 8 Panels are available in the
office, to monitor electrolytes (Sodium/Potassium) and
kidney function, depending on the insurance
plan.
- Comprehensive Metabolic Panel/Chem 13
(Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, TCO2, BUN, Creatinine,
glucose, ALT, AST, Alkaline Phosphatase, Calcium,
Protein, Albumin, and Bilirubin)
- ALT/AST liver enzyme monitoring is
available for patients on cholesterol medications,
certain diabetic medications, antifungal medications,
NSAIDS, and other medications.
- Helciobacter pylori for ulcer
bacteria, PT/INR testing for patients on Coumadin or
Warfarin, mono, hemoglobin, and hypothyroid screening
and testing.
- IDOT
physicals and in office urine drug screens. Note
random urine drug screens are required for patients on
narcotic, benzodiazapine, and Class II/III/IV
medications.
- For
complex laboratory
and radiology studies, the patient may choose
the facility of
choice, with the exception that some
insurance plans require certain facilities. Some HMOs
may require Quest for labs.
- We
have found some good appointment times and efficiency
at the following centers for xrays, MRIs, ultrasound
etc: Belleville Memorial Hospital 257 5000, O'Fallon X
ray center 800 East Highway 50 (main memorial # 257
5000 to schedule), Elite Imaging: 317 Salem Place in
Fairview 632-2900, and Imaging Center at Wolf Creek,
12 Wolf Creek Dr # 3, Swansea, IL 62226
277-7912
We
welcome the patients who will choose The Country Doctor
for their outpatient and inpatient care, while we
continue to provide continuity of care to our current
patients in an independent practice setting.
When an
established patient calls after hours
for an urgent health concern, the patient talks to Dr.
David Mitchell, a Board-Certified Family Physician.
The
pager number is for established patients and health care
workers. If you have an urgent question or
concern, my pager number is 782 6004. After calling the
number, enter your call back number, press the # sign,
and hang up. The return call usually is within 2-3
minutes. If it is important enough to page Dr. Mitchell,
then you must be seen in the office within 24 to 48 hours
for an evaluation of your medical concern.
At the
Country Doctor we gladly care for our patients in the
office and at the hospitals in Belleville, Illinois. If
you are admitted to either Belleville Memorial Hospital
or St. Elizabeth's Hospital of Belleville through the ER,
please have the ER physicians or nurses notify Dr.
Mitchell of the admission. Dr. Mitchell is on call for
his own patients.
- Please feel free to click on the links
at the bottom of the page to learn about the practice.
Thank you for exploring the website, and we hope that
you will find a home for your primary care medical
needs at The Country Doctor.
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