I think the same rule about MD oversight applies where I live, but I have never seen an MD at a clinic. PAs and RNs are more than enough for me. I don't need credentials as long as there is competence =)
For sure, we have those clusters of health services, although I've always seen that as a separate type of thing; an expression of location efficiency rather than a type of service. Clinics are more of a middle ground between a traditional practice and an emergency room. I've gone to them for a fever, a broken hand, an injured mother, and a few other reasons. My impression is that they are also more accessible for low-income or other marginalized members of the community, so I think they play an important role (which makes them worthy of being properly mapped). -- Brian On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 9:10 AM Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 8:33 AM Brian Stromberg > <brian.stromb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When I hear “clinic” in reference to a healthcare facility, I think of > “urgent care” clinics, and I think there are about six urgent care clinics > within a 20 minute drive of my local hospital. These are usually staffed > with nurses and Physicians Assistants rather than MDs. > > In my state, a nurse-practitioner or a physician's assistant has to > work under the supervision of an MD, so there's generally at least one > doc at an urgent care clinic. Still, you're right that for routine > matters a patient probably won't need to see the MD. I know that I've > seen NP's at my doc's office, and they've ordered radiology and lab > work, and prescribed. (If the radiology or labs had shown anything out > of the ordinary, they'd have bucked it up to a doc.) > > Your area doesn't also have numerous multi-specialty 'health centres?' > Places where they consolidate radiology, lab, endoscopy, outpatient > surgery, orthopaedics, ...? > > -- > 73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin >
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