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Primary Care

Why you only need one primary care doctor

A regular primary care doctor knows you — and your unique health profile
Primary Care

Which are the best diets?

Which are the best diets?
Primary Care

What is primary care? Understanding the basics

What is primary care? Where does it fit into the healthcare system? HealthTap goes over the basics and why this is such a crucial branch of medicine.
Primary Care

How much is a primary care visit without insurance?

How much is a primary care visit without insurance? Is there a way to get quality care without spending hundreds? HealthTap has what you need to know.
Primary Care

10 things primary care doctors want you to do

10 things primary care doctors want you to do to ensure better health.
Primary Care

National Doctors’ Day Celebration

Doctors found joy in Virtual Primary Care and share their experiences with HealthTap.

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Meet our Medical Editorial Board

All blog articles are reviewed by HealthTap Medical Editorial Board for medical accuracy.

Angela DiLaura, NP

Clinical Informatics and Quality Manager
Angela DiLaura is a board-certified nurse practitioner with experience providing obstetric-gynecologic services in diverse settings in the San Francisco Bay Area. She completed her nurse practitioner degree and clinical training at Columbia University in New York. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she had a career in clinical research, including publishing original research. As HealthTap's Clinical Informatics and Quality Manager, she supervises the quality of care delivered in the HealthTap Medical Group. Learn more about HealthTap's Medical Editorial Board at https://www.healthtap.com/about-doctors/

Dr. Geoffrey W. Rutledge

Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder
Geoffrey W. Rutledge MD, PhD, FACMI, Chief Medical Officer and co-founder at HealthTap, is a double-board certified physician who practiced and taught medicine for more than 25 years. He earned a PhD in medical computer science from Stanford, was an NIH-funded researcher, and served on faculty at Harvard, Stanford, and UCSD medical schools. Before HealthTap, he created the first consumer health website and PHR at Healtheon/WebMD. Learn more about HealthTap's Medical Editorial Board at https://www.healthtap.com/about-doctors/

Sean Mehra

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HealthTap, Sean Mehra (@seanmehra) has been on the front lines of technology innovation in healthcare for more than 10 years. HealthTap’s mission is to place an affordable, quality personal care doctor at every American’s fingertips — orchestrating care for every part of their lives.

Dr. Robert Kwok

Director of Health Informatics
Robert Kwok, MD, Director of Health Informatics at HealthTap, is a board-certified physician who practiced medicine for 28 years. Before coming to San Jose, he trained at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. In his office practice, he provided primary care for children from newborns to high school students. Dr. Kwok liked and initially joined HealthTap because its public forum let him deliver accurate medical information to people both in his local community and also across the globe. He was for many years a consultant at HealthTap for the Medical Operations team and joined HealthTap full-time after retiring from office practice. Dr. Kwok is the Director of Health Informatics and oversees the quality of the consultations in HealthTap's virtual clinics, plus the quality and suitability of the questions and answers on the public forum. Learn more about HealthTap's Medical Editorial Board at https://www.healthtap.com/about-doctors/

HealthTap Editors

HealthTap articles are reviewed by MDs, PhDs, NPs, nutritionists and other healthcare professionals. Visit https://www.healthtap.com/about-doctors/ to learn more and meet some of the medical editorial board members behind our blog. The information does not constitute and should not be relied on for professional medical advice. Always talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of any treatment. HealthTap is a virtual-first, affordable urgent- and primary-care clinic, providing top-quality physician care nationwide to Americans with or without insurance. Our proprietary, easy-to-use, and innovative apps and electronic medical record apply Silicon Valley standards to effectively engage consumers and doctors online to increase the equity, accessibility, and efficiency of ongoing medical care for consumers, providers, employers, and payers. In addition, with HealthTap, businesses can offer virtual primary care to employees for less than the cost of free coffee. HealthTap's US-based board-certified physicians are available throughout North America. For more information, visit www.healthtap.com.

Angela DiLaura, NP

Clinical Informatics and Quality Manager
Angela DiLaura is a board-certified nurse practitioner with experience providing obstetric-gynecologic services in diverse settings in the San Francisco Bay Area. She completed her nurse practitioner degree and clinical training at Columbia University in New York. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she had a career in clinical research, including publishing original research. As HealthTap's Clinical Informatics and Quality Manager, she supervises the quality of care delivered in the HealthTap Medical Group. Learn more about HealthTap's Medical Editorial Board at https://www.healthtap.com/about-doctors/

Geoff's second opinion

Dr. Geoff Rutledge is a double-board certified physician who has taught and practiced medicine for over 25 years.

Virtual Primary Care is a new type of care delivered by primary care physicians who manage a panel of their patients exclusively via virtual (video) consultation and text chat to deliver personalized ongoing care.
Dr. Geoffrey W. Rutledge

Dr. Geoffrey W. Rutledge

Cofounder and Chief Medical Officer

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Small fiber neuropathy

At the quarterly HealthTap Doctor Network Webinar, Dr. Bennett Machanic, an experienced neurologist who has been with HealthTap since 2010, gave an excellent presentation on small fiber neuropathy.
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Summer rashes: How to protect against & treat common skin irritations

How to protect against and treat common summer rash skin irritations: poison ivy, sumac, swimmer's itch, heat rash, sun allergy, lime burn / Club Med dermatitis, sea bather's eruption & more.
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New year, new health goals

This year, make health a priority. Instead of setting goals that might be hard to achieve alone, consider setting smaller health resolutions that can be supported by a personal doctor.
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Grocery shopping for your health: The ins and outs of processed foods

Grocery aisles are peppered with processed foods that seem appealing and easy to grab, but it’s worth the time and effort to know which foods are best for your health and which ones to avoid.
Doctor Insights

Reevaluating our understanding of comorbidities and risk factors

This article by Harold Kennedy, MD, examines our understanding of comorbidities and risk factors and notes how they have changed.
Doctor Insights

Patients presenting with headaches, by Dariush Saghafi, MD

Neurologist Dariush Saghafi, MD, presented an informative and engaging presentation on how to evaluate headaches in primary care.
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