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and Sat AM Appointments (618) 277-3197
- Weekday AM
Appointments and Exchange (618) 277-3214
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The Country Doctor
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- Welcome to The Country Doctor, Ltd,
located off Hartman Lane, in the the rapidly growing
community in St. Clair County of Shiloh, Illinois.
Shiloh is in the middle of Fairview Heights, O'Fallon,
Swansea, and Belleville, Illinois. The Country Doctor
is minutes from the Belleville Hospitals,
laboratories, radiology centers, and physical therapy
centers. At The Country Doctor patients receive care
from Dr. David Larry
Mitchell, a Family Medicine Physician who
lives and works in St. Clair County, Illinois.
Same
day and next day appointments usually are available to
most 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 people who have
never been to an office/hospital visit or who have not
been to an office visit within three years.
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- Please note that we are using two of
the phone lines for appointments on weekdays. From
8-noon you can call 277-3197 or 277-3214 for
appointments and general questions. After noon on
weekdays, 277-3197 is the contact method for
appointments and general questions. Messages are
accepted at 277-3197 Monday-Saturday and will be
returned during regular hours of approximately 8-4 M-F
and 8-11:30 on Saturday.
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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 in the
Belleville-Shiloh-O'Fallon area in the last ten years
and is the last remaining solo Family Physician under
age 50.
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- Why choose The Country Doctor for your
care?
- You
see the same doctor at each office and hospital visit,
meaning you see a doctor who is familiar with your
care.
- Dr.
David Mitchell cares for inpatients at both Belleville
Hospitals. A recent review of internet medical staff
listings shows that the majority of the primary care
doctors no longer go to either Belleville Hospital.
Being listed on staff at a hospital does not
necessarily mean that your doctor will see you when
you are an inpatient. A recent review of
O'Fallon/Shiloh physicians shows that only three
primary care doctors see inpatients and
outpatients.
- Continuity of care and follow up on
labs and studies. It is very beneficial to follow
patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings by
the same doctor. The chance of missing an abnormal lab
or study is decreased if the same doctor reviews the
care continuously. Home medication lists are accurate,
and communication between the patient and doctor is
maintained in both settings. The chances of repeating
expensive studies that were just done is
minimal.
- Dr.
David Mitchell attends to his regular patients for
skilled nursing care at Memorial Care Center,
Rosewood, Cedar Ridge, and St. Paul's Home. Dr. David
Mitchell will see patients at St. Elizabeth's Hospital
rehab unit, which is the only rehab unit for intense
post stroke therapy in Belleville.
- Board Certified by
the American Board of Family Physicians (meeting
national standards) in 2002 and recertified in 2009,
with the ABFM subsections on the recertification
examination of ambulatory family medicine and
geriatrics. Board
certification verification link
- Care
is at an independent and stable setting, meaning no
quotas, no worries about the no compete clauses
causing doctors to leave the area, no monetary
production bonuses, and practice stability. A recent
review of local practices shows a very high turnover
and exodus of doctors every two to three years.
- Same
day appointments and Saturday morning appointments
usually are available to established patients.
- Extended
hours. The Country Doctor has weekday hours
from 8:00-4:00 and Saturday from 8:00-11:30. Other
times may be available.
- Email is available.
Feel free to e-mail for non same day appointments and
nonurgent questions. Emails are answered daily.
- The
Country Doctor is the first St. Clair County practice
to publish its common
fee schedule. Our fees are based on our insurance
contracts and Medicare.
- Common Vaccines are in stock.
- 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 CMP/Chem 14.
- ALT/AST liver
enzyme monitoring is available for patients on
cholesterol medications, certain diabetic medications,
medications for tinea unguim of the nails, NSAIDS, and
other medications.
- PT/INR testing
for patients on Coumadin or Warfarin, mono,
hemoglobin, and hypothyroid screening and
testing.
- Pulmonary
Spirometry testing
- For complex
laboratory
and radiology studies, the patient may choose the
facility of
choice,
with the exception that some insurance plans require
certain facilities.
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.
The exchange number is for established patients and
health care workers. If you have an after hours urgent
question or concern, please call 277-3214. If it is
important enough to call Dr. Mitchell, then you must be
seen in the office within 48 hours for an evaluation of
your medical concern.
At the Country
Doctor we 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. David Mitchell of the
admission. Dr. David 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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