The Care Practice At Reed City Family Practice

As part of an ongoing effort to improve access to healthcare in rural areas, WeCARE Family Clinic are proposing the start-up of our new family medicine practice in Plains, Georgia. The business will be owned and managed by myself, Dr. Ieshia O. Roberts, MD as a sole proprietorship. I will be responsible for ensuring the general health of my patients and creating a viable and profitable medical practice. Throughout the year, my staff and I will work closely with advisors from Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center to get the clinic on a sound financial and operational footing, using this medical clinic business plan as a guiding management tool.

Brief Program Description: Magnolia Family Services, LLC is primarily an outpatient Mental Health Rehabilitation Program (MHR) for Louisiana Medicaid recipients, and we have been in operation since January 2007.

Throughout the Edgewater and Rogers Park community, my focus was on the physical health and well being of the members of the community. The assets identified were doctor’s offices, small clinics and clinics that are a part of a larger chain. Each of these assets show the diversity in the medical care offered in the Edgewater and Rogers Park community. For example, the assets that we found were mostly privately owned and the clinics that are part of a larger chain such as the clinics in Walgreens or CVS, were small and run by only a few people. There weren’t any assets that were part of a large medical institution such as Advocate or Nova health. There was only one hospital which is Methodist Hospital which is one of the largest assets we found. This illustrates how in the Edgewater and Rogers Park community, smaller and more convenient methods of receiving healthcare is emphasized more than larger scale hospitals.

There is no single national entity or set of policies guiding the health care system; states divide their responsibilities among multiple agencies, while providers practicing in the same community and caring for the same patients often work independently from one another. (Shih, Davis, Schoenbaum, Gauthier, Nuzum, and McCarthy, 2008)

The United States has a significant “delivery of care” issue wherein physicians (and other HCPs) are concentrated in and around major cities and densely populated areas. This leaves rural populations with fewer physicians and more difficult access to care.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the family centered services generated preventable client assignment with no definite procedures for stability (Mass & Engler, 1959; Gruber, 1973 ;as cited by Pecora, Reed-Ashcraft, & Kirk). Furthermore, Gruber (1973) established that the problem was rooted in insufficient data to make suitable decisions to address clients concerns. Likewise, Franshel & Shinn (1978; as cited by Pecora, Reed-Ashcraft, & Kirk) added that this resulted in one of many issues such as, family centered services encouraging separation between blood relatives by restricting contact.

The day to day duties of a physician assistant include many challenges. Bls.gov says “Working with patients can be both physically and emotionally demanding. Physician assistants who spend their time on their

Healthcare Assistants play a vital role in the care of patients. Working under the direction of more senior healthcare professionals, they take care of the day-to-day needs of patients by providing help with personal care, meals and mobility.

There are a number of practice theories that can be applied at my practicum at Berkshire Care Centre but the top four I found to be the most significant is strength based, solution focused, cultural and spiritual perspectives. For strength based perspective, there is a strong emphasis put on finding and focusing on resident’s personal strengths and their self-determination. The reason for focusing on strengths is to help facilitate with developing and accomplishing their goals and tasks. Another practice theory that was applied throughout my placement is solution focused perspective. I find this theory to be helpful for residents especially those who fixate on problems since it encourages them to move away from focusing on the problem. This

As a medical assistant you are responsible for keeping waiting areas and examination room’s clean and prepared for each patient. One will also keep everything on schedule and running smoothly. Medical assistants play an important role in physician’s offices and outpatient

Physician assistant job description is stated to be able to practice medicine under the supervision of physicians and surgeons. PA 's are properly educated to offer diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services, as authorized by a physician. They record medical histories, examine and treat patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and x-rays, and make diagnoses (“Physician assistant job description,” n.d.). However, PAs may be the primary care providers in rural or inner city clinics where a physician is present for only one or two days each week. PAs may also make house calls, round in hospitals, and go to nursing care facilities to check on patients. In such cases, the PA consults with the supervising physician as needed and as required by law.

A physician assistant mainly works out of hospitals, clinics, and outpatient care centers. Completing routine physicals, providing various treatments, and prescribing medications are a few duties of a physician assistant. Physician assistants have to be able to work with many different types of people. They also need to have a strong stamina considering all of the time spent at work will be spent around sick or injured people, which can be stressful, as well as the fact that most of the day is spent standing and walking around (“Physician Assistant” 178). Typically the schedule consists of two twenty-four hour shifts a week or three twelve hour shifts a week as well as holidays and weekends (“Physician Assistant” 178).

Medical assistant’s have many responsibilities such as making appointments, assisting the physician, collecting specimens, and welcoming patients just to name a few. One of the most important, in my opinion, is that we are instrumental in helping patients feel comfortable in the office and

Lakeland Regional Health opened a Family Health Clinic in 2012 for patients who need primary care, rather than emergency department treatment, but whose lack of insurance has given them few options to choose from.(1) The clinic also offers follow-up care for patients discharged from the hospital that require follow up,

Tertiary Care Services– All referrals to plan tertiary care centers are reviewed on an individual basis. The member's medical needs and the availability of requested services within the non-tertiary care network are taken into consideration.