Mecca’s Story | She Called Her Doctor Friend. It May Have Saved Her Life.

What if having a doctor in your inner circle could change the outcome of your health? Mecca knows firsthand. She was sick and didn’t realize her appendix was close to rupturing. She wasn’t planning to go to the hospital. Her husband urged her to call one of her physician friends instead. That call changed everything. Her physician friends recognized what she couldn’t and told her: “Go. Now.” She made it to the hospital in time. But while lying in that hospital bed, Mecca wasn’t just thinking about how lucky she was to have physician friends. She was thinking about everyone who doesn’t. No doctor in their group chat. No physician friend to call. No one with an MD after their name to help make sense of what’s happening. That realization is at the heart of CareCrowd. Because physician presence shouldn’t be a privilege reserved for people lucky enough to have doctors in their inner circle. Everyone deserves a doctor in the family. #CareCrowd #PhysicianLedAdvocacy #PatientAdvocacy #Healthcare #HealthEquity #ContinuousPhysicianPresence