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Often useful for focused concerns, medication questions, and situations where written details or photos provide what the clinician needs.
Come to Swell with an urgent symptom, a weight-loss question, a refill problem, or a lab you do not understand. HealthWarehouse and SpringsMed patients can also use their dedicated partner pathways.
A NOTE FROM DR. LAURA
Dr. Laura explains the care we offer, and when an in-person visit is the safer next step.
Laura Purdy, MD, MBA
Family physician · Founder, Swell Medical
Swell Medical can help with many of the concerns that come up in real everyday life. Urgent questions, medication refills, labs, wellness, weight loss, metabolic health, we can even do women's health, skin concerns, follow up, and lots of things, as long as we can safely do it through telemedicine. But it's important to remind you that not everything can be safely cared for online. So every consultation begins with an evaluation. Your clinician and team will decide what is medically appropriate for you. Of course, we never guarantee prescriptions, and sometimes the right answer is actually a test, a video visit, an in-person exam, urgent care, a specialist, or even the emergency room. And if you hear that from us, that's not us turning you away, that's us protecting you. I would rather Swell lose a visit than ask a patient to accept unnecessary risk. Convenience, of course, is important, but safety matters more. And you can expect us to be honest about both.
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Talk with a licensed clinician about a cough, UTI symptoms, a rash, a sore throat, or another common concern that should not wait for office hours.

Weight-loss care that considers your health history, medications, goals, routines, and the practical parts of keeping a plan going.
A clinician can review many stable, non-controlled medications when you run out before you can reach your usual prescriber.
Ask whether routine testing is appropriate, or bring results that you need help understanding.
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The clinician may recommend a different format if seeing you or talking in real time would make the evaluation safer.
Often useful for focused concerns, medication questions, and situations where written details or photos provide what the clinician needs.
Often better when the clinician needs to see a symptom, ask questions in real time, or work through a more detailed history.

The screening chat is free. If an online visit makes sense, you will see the format and price before you continue.
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