Artemis Panagopoulos

Experience

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  Boston EMS

  Jan 1999 - Jun 2012

  EMT-B

  Rendered basic life support for medical and trauma patients in an urban 911 system with >110,000 calls/year, working in concert with other public safety and social service agenciesInterviewed patients to elicit nature and history of complaint; interpreted and stabilized clinical signs and symptoms of disease or trauma; monitored vial signs; practiced pain management; prepared patient for transport to hospital

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  Commonwealth Care Alliance

  May 2015 - Jun 2016

  PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

  Provided and coordinated ongoing comprehensive home-based primary care and care management services to a multiculturally and socioeconomically diverse panel of 100+ adult and geriatric patients in collaboration with the external PCP and specialists; the rest of the CCA Primary Care Team, which included RNs, LPNs, Medical Assistants, Psychiatry NPs, social workers, behavioral health, rehabilitation, and health education specialists; and outside agencies, including social service agencies, VNAs, etc. This included a rotating on-call schedule in collaboration with and supervision of an RN partner. Provided urgent/sick/episodic, post-inpatient, and palliative care via history taking, physical examination, venipuncture, ordering and interpreting lab tests and diagnostic imaging, diagnosis, and treatment (including pharmacotherapy) for urgent (including but not limited to: URIs, pneumonia, sinusitis, asthma exacerbations, UTIs, otitis media and externa, conjunctivitis, migraines, gastroenteritis, allergic reactions, hypertensive urgency/crisis, heart failure exacerbations) and chronic medical illnesses (including but not limited to: diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, heart failure, coronary syndromes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, chronic pain syndromes, asthma, chronic bronchitis, and COPD management, addiction issues, endocrine and exocrine diseases (thyroid, liver, pancreas), mental illness, menopause, osteoporosis, infectious diseasesPerformed risk adjustment via documentation of regular visits and Annual Comprehensive Assessments that reflected the complexity of each member’s biopsychosocial conditionParticipated in ongoing formal and informal CME to advance knowledge base and maintain skills competency as well as required licensure and certificationReviewed quality metrics and develop plans to address deficiencies or substandard outcomes in clinical service delivery, as defined by CCA policies and standing operating procedures Show less

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  Partners Urgent Care & CareWell Urgent Care

  Nov 2016 - now

  Physician Assistant