• Dr. George Schroeder and Dr. Mary Arenberg are accepting new patients at this time.
  
  
• Request prescription refills online.
  
  
• Information on Advanced Directives, Power of Attorney for Healthcare and Declaration to Physicians (Living Will) are available on our General Health page.
  
  
• Call 893-0526 for a lab appointment to update your tetanus shot if needed (every ten years) and a pneumovax shot for bacterial pneumonia. More information on these and other immunization recommendations is available at http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/ACIP-list.htm.
  
  
• It is the virus season! Please review the information about promoting responsible use of antibiotics at http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/warn/pubresources.cfm
  

History of Plymouth Family Physicians, S.C.

Plymouth Family Physicians began in 1985 in a portion of the original Plymouth Hospital, now known as the Brickbauer Building. We began with a staff of two and gradually increased our staff as our practice grew. For 18 months in the early 1990’s we merged our practice with the group at Plymouth Clinic in an effort to consolidate the primary care base in support of the community’s 40 bed hospital, Valley View Medical Center.

As Aurora progressed from acquiring ownership of Valley View and Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center to ownership of physician practices, we chose to amicably separate from the other physicians, and resume our private practice. As the medical community was required to increasingly polarize between the two hospital systems (Aurora vs. St. Nicholas Hospital) we agreed to become “independent providers” for Aurora allowing us to continue to practice at our local hospital, while continuing to control the way we practice to the extent possible these days. With Valley View Medical Center closing, we admit and treat patients at both Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center and St. Nicholas Hospital.

After leaving the Plymouth Clinic, we determined to change to an electronic medical record (“EMR”) and discontinue use of paper charts. After two years of research into electronic medical records we chose to invest in the necessary hardware and software and in June 1998, we began charting with “Practice Partner”.

In early 2000 we purchased the old clinic building that had been under multiple nonmedical uses since 1988. We remodeled, repaired and packed, finally completing our move to the “new" facility in May 2000. We enjoy the additional space and parking previously not available to the practice. It really feels like “home” now.

The next step came in July 2000 when we joined the research group related to our EMR, called PPR Net, based at the Medical University of South Carolina. We became one of approximately 20 practices nationwide participating in a research project known as “Translating Research into Practice”. An ongoing benefit of that participation is a quarterly report that guides our efforts to strengthen our approach to primary and secondary preventive health practices. Our entire staff participates in the activities required. Every staff member is expected to contribute to change and improvement. In July 2003, we will begin a second project through PPR Net, Accelerating Translation of Research into Practice , involving 100 or more practices throughout the United States.

We do not participate in direct pharmaceutical company activities and as providers, we do not meet with “drug reps”. For the time being we continue to distribute free sample medications but do not accept and do not allow our staff to accept gifts or other “freebies” from drug reps.
We hope this overview gives you an understanding of our practice and we appreciate your taking the time to read this.

Get to Know Your Healthcare Providers

This practice is dedicated to high quality healthcare, controlling healthcare costs. If you are reading this, you probably know us to a certain extent. For example, we are from the midwest, have a family and are raising our children here. However, you might not know our educational and medical backgrounds. Visit our background page to learn more regarding our schooling and prior medical experience.

If you see a staff member wearing jeans on a Wednesday or a Saturday that means they have contributed to a charity. They pay $5 for the priviledge of wearing jeans. Each month the money raised goes to a different charity. Some of the charities that have been donated to are the American Cancer Society, Bridgeway, Sheboygan County Humane Society and The Spina Bifida Association. Each staff member has an opportunity to choose a charity that is dear to their heart as well.