Assignment 1: The Primary Care Clinic
You are the manager of a new primary care clinic located about twenty five (25) miles outside of a small city (population of 50000). With five (5) family physicians two (2) nurse practitioners two (2) physicians assistants (PAs) and twenty (20) clinical support staff consisting of RNs LPNs and CMAs the clinic provides primary care services to a diverse community of people living and working outside the city limits. Originally a rural area the community has been growing and now includes promising opportunities in employment education and comfortable living spaces for young families. However there are still many residents who struggle to make ends meet with older farms that have belonged to families for generations.
The central city includes two (2) large acute care facilities and one (1) tertiary care facility that is known for its excellent pulmonary care. Both acute care hospitals provide the usual services such as labor and delivery outpatient surgery chronic diseases care etc. and have fully equipped ancillary departments such as lab and radiology. Up until this point the residents have used the facilities emergency departments for routine illnesses and conditions when their private physicians were not readily available.
Write a five to seven (7) page paper in which you:(use HEADERS to ensure that each question is being addressed)
Week 4 HSOM/HSA300
March 18th, 2019 admin