PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-The Healthcare Executive\'s Guide to Urgent Care Centers and Freestanding EDs

The Healthcare Executives Guide to Urgent Care Centers and Freestanding EDs  A blueprint for planning building and operating a successful urgent care center or freestanding EDOne in five Americans lacks adequate access to primary care physicians and even those patients with insurance and a primary care doctor can struggle to get sameday appointments leaving many seeking treatment in overcrowded highcost emergency departments Urgent care centers offer patients a lowercost convenient alternative to hospitals For providers these centers represent new business opportunitiesThis roadmap to urgent care centers will help you and your organizationCreate a financial planDetermine whether to lease or buildDevelop an efficient staffing modelEffectively market the urgent care centerLearn strategies to grow and expand the urgent care centers servicesTake a look at the table of contentsChapter 1 Healthcare Market for Urgent Care Centers and Freestanding EDsChanging Insurance LandscapeCost of CareAccess to CareDefining Urgent Care FacilitiesED and Urgent Care InterfaceChapter 2 Affiliation and OwnershipBusiness CaseAffiliation Urgent Care ModelsIndependent Urgent Care ModelsChapter 3 Creating a Financial PlanMarket ConsiderationsFinancing 101Chapter 4 Facility ConsiderationsLocation Is CrucialLease vs OwnershipDefining Internal SpacesEquipment and Supply NeedsChapter 5 Billing Coding CollectionsInsurance Participation StrategiesDetermining Which Payers to Work WithContract NegotiationsBilling for ServicesChapter 6 Human Resources and StaffingHiring the Right PeopleStaffing RequirementsStaffing HoursStaffing Based on Clinic ModelChapter 7 Ancillary Testing Laboratory and Radiology ServicesDetermining What Laboratory Services to ProvideDetermining What Radiology Services to ProvideChapter 8 Clinical Patient CareTypes of Clinical Conditions TreatedMedical Staff IssuesMedical EmergenciesA Few Clinical Pearls of WisdomChapter 9 Patient Satisfaction  Creating and Delivering the Right ExpectationsThe Cost of Dissatisfied PatientsImproving Patient SatisfactionSpecific Techniques to Satisfy Your PatientsQuality IssuesChapter 10  Marketing Strategies Tailoring the Marketing MessageBuilding the Market PlanMarketing BasicsChapter 11 Safety and Risk ManagementA Culture of Safety and Preventing HarmA Systematic ApproachReducing Errors and Preventing HarmMilitary Aviation and Urgent Care MedicineTaking a WalkStay Focused on Ongoing OperationsChapter 12 Strategies to Expand Urgent Care BusinessOccupational MedicineImmunization ClinicTravel MedicinePhysical ExaminationsHospital Affiliated ClinicsChapter 13 The Freestanding Emergency DepartmentPrinciples of the Freestanding EDAccess to careChapter 14 Retail ClinicsBasics of Retail ClinicsChapter 15 Urgent Care Centers as Part of Accountable Care OrganizationACO ConceptACO StructureDocumentation and Electronic Health RecordsUrgent Care Centers and ACOsChapter 16 The Ideal Urgent Care ClinicPlanning the I Have a Dream Clinic. Contact Us- uuhp@hsc.utah.edu Urgent Care Centers Administered by University of Utah Health American Fork After Hours Urgent Care Center 476 North 900 West, Suite C............................... - . and the pharmacy role. Keith Willett. Shaping Pharmacy Future . 2014. I . If . its . really . serious. I want specialist . . care. Treat me as close to my home as possible please. Help me to help myself and not bother the NHS. Mallorie Goodridge. Setting. Urgent care centers provide a walk-in, extended-hour access to adults and children for acute illness and injury . care. The . cost of care in an urgent care center is comparable to a primary care visit and less than an emergency room . System. Foundation Standard 3. 3.11 Understand the healthcare delivery system (public, private, government and non-profit). The Healthcare Delivery System. 10% of all jobs in America are in health care. Case for Change. Julie Stevens. Commissioning & Delivery manager. Scope. Urgent Care Defined as:. ‘the range of health services available to people who need urgent advice, diagnosis and treatment quickly and unexpectedly for needs that are not considered life threatening’. Hackensack . University Medical Center’s . The . Experience Lab to . Innovation . Centers Across the . Country. Mike Squires, . VP, Innovation & Public Policy. BluePrint. Healthcare IT . Fall 2015 NJ/DV HIMSS Conference. Developed through the APTR Initiative to Enhance Prevention and Population. Health Education in collaboration with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Emergency Medicine: . Alternative Care Models for . Rural Hospital Emergency Department Closure. David Ernst, MD, FACEP. October 15, 2016. George Washington University. School of Medicine & Health Sciences. Founded in 2001 as . Solantic. in Jacksonville, Florida; founded by Florida Governor Rick Scott. Re-named in 2012 as . CareSpot. ; headquartered now in Tennessee. Offering “convenient care, at a fair . Presented at:. Urgent Care: . Market opportunity for Telemedicine. . 9000 urgent . c. are centers nationwide; 160M annual visits*. Urgent care center could handle 13 - . 27 %. . of all . ED. . visits*. Discussion. In which areas must successful healthcare students have knowledge and skills?. oral and written communications. employability skills and teamwork. legal and ethical responsibilities. safety practices. What is the urgent care benefitVA ox00660066ers eligible Veterans an urgent are benex00660069t for the treatment of minor injuries and illnesses at retail and urgent are providers who are part of VA Focus on anxiety and depression. Objectives. Understand management of anxiety in urgent care. . -treatment (limited) and disposition. -medical mimics. Understand management of depression in urgent care. Tryphaena Doyle . & Dr Rob . White. NHS . Kernow. Clinical Commissioning Group. Urgent care update. Have publicly outlined strategic intent for urgent care services which sits within broader context of developing integrated community services...