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BELLEVILLE, Wis. -- Local doctors are among those putting their patients first by leaving the office to provide medical care.

Dr. Melissa Stiles includes house calls as part of her practice at the University of Wisconsin Belleville Clinic.

"I think it's important, especially in a rural community, to offer this service," said Stiles, a family physician.

Stiles said a typical office visit can feel cold, sterile and impersonal, while house calls are a service moving toward more personalized health care.

"I think that is really a movement that is going to focus on the patients and focuses on the relationship," said Stiles. "For patients who aren't as readily able to get transportation to the physician or are homebound I think it's a definite service I wanted to do."

Stiles walks or drives to some of her patients -- just like her father used to.