Berkeley, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/17/2011 -- The Physician & Midwife Collaborative Practice, P.C. offers Ob-Gyn patient handouts on its website to support the needs of its patients. It understands the importance of providing patient handouts to improve clinical care and patient satisfaction. Physician & Midwife (http://www.physiciansandmidwives.com/) now provides its patients with convenient, online access to women’s health resources on its own practice website.

Surveys have shown that U.S. adults frequently search online for patient handouts, but are frustrated by the large volume of health information they find from questionable sources. A majority of health consumers state that they would prefer to get that information directly from their own doctor. Unfortunately, a majority of physicians report finding it difficult to provide patient education during an office visit, and most medical practice Websites lack health information. The Physician & Midwife Collaborative Practice, P.C., now joins with the other Ob-Gyn practices that use the “From Your Doctor” service from Vivacare to manage their women’s health patient handouts (http://www.vivacare.com).

The Physician & Midwife Collaborative Practice, P.C. started their system in 1993 to fill, what they believed to be a gap between the care a patient expected and desired from her doctors and what she commonly received. Physicians and Midwives is composed of a team of doctors and midwives that practice in four centers spread out across Northern Virginia. They understand that their patients are time sensitive and therefore, they provide office hours and locations that stress convenience. Physicians and midwives makes it their goal to bring back high-touch medicine in conjunction with the on-going developments in medical technology to provide a gynecologic practice that looks at the complete woman.

The Physician and Midwife Collaborative Practice is made up of eight physicians and nine midwives who specialize in providing obstetrical and gynecological care. Their prenatal care focuses on education and empathy, in addition to blood tests and sonograms. The practice is well-equipped with both doctors and midwives who are experts on the best ways to deal with the changes in your body along with the impending changes in your life. With extensive experience in the field, their providers are prepared to meet your needs.