Jessica Baumgartner
HE 210
10/5/2012
Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Kimbrough ambulatory care center is an Army base medical care center for most health needs. It is a facility in which all ambulatory care may be performed. This means it excludes emergency care and long term or overnight care. The facility houses Primary care such as Internal medicine which helps those with long term problems such as diabetes, cancer, and chrones disease to manage and monitor treatments. There is a practice for routine care, minor acute illnesses, pregnancy testing, prescribed injections, medicine refills and physicals. Another area focuses on family practice, Coumadin clinic, lipid clinic, and smoking cessation. The other primary care practices are
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All of these factors make Kimbrough such a convenient medical facility
Kimbrough gives in my opinion a great opportunity for many health care professionals. The staff they need to have to perform all of these services could be tremendous. You would need to have physicians both primary and specialty along with nurses or trained technicians. IT is as important as health care professionals as the facility runs through its own insurance and keeps records through their system that are up to date and make it efficient for patients being seen in this facility. As hospitals run I would assume you could have the same type of governance with a facility such as this with a CEO, Board of Trustees, and medical directors. A chief of service would be needed to make sure the facility stays within regulation sanitary, safe, and following codes. Now being a military facility I am unsure of how they hire. A question I have about the facility is; does it have to be staffed by military, volunteer, or is it associated with an educational facility to teach. The website is helpful for a patient seeking care, but not for someone looking for a career.
Health Information Technology although not directly addressed was found through means of contact or service. First thing I noticed when looking into the site was that appointments are readily available to make online at any time. This
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”Patton- Fuller Community Hospital has prided itself on providing top-of-the-notch not-for-profit health care organization since their opening in 1975” (University of Phoenix, 2012). The hospital’s specialty is in providing high-quality health care to all patients, and establishing peaceful work relationships within the staff. Services provided by the hospital are “surgery, emergency medical care, physical therapy, labor and delivery, radiology, and more” (University of Phoenix, 2012). “In Kelsey, Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is the first hospital, dedicated at the hospital is to
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Yes, I am back. And, here's the part-3 of "All the "Hard Questions" to ask from Removalists Melbourne." In the last article, I stopped with "Questions to ask Removalists Melbourne when getting quotes" point 1. Let's start from point 2.
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Services are provided by highly qualified, cooperating with each other, mutually respectful and stable staff,
Cons: Potential for damage to our image. Could become known as a "woman's clinic." Some men might not feel comfortable knowing this type of service might be in the room next to them. Might change the atmosphere of the clinic. I also don't think this is something you could advertise in the paper. I think this is a good idea, however might cause more long-term harm than good to the clinic.
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