You are the manager of a new primary care clinic located about 25 miles outside of a small city population 50,000.With 5 family physicians ,two nurse practitioners, and 2 physicians assistants ,and 20 clinical support staff consisting of RN’s,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 2 large acute care facilities,1 tertiary care facility that is known for 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,residents have used the facilities emergency departments for routine illnesses and conditions when their private physicians were not readily available. Write a 5-7 page paper in which you Analyze some of the social,political ,and economic factors that have led to the proliferation of urgent care facilities and primary care practices over the last 20-30 years. Create a comprehensive mission statement for the clinic ,and discuss how it will facilitate the provision of quality services. Analyze and discuss 1 or more directions the clinic might take to he is its business . Determine what factors you would consider when deciding what services to provide in-house house and which ones to affiliate with other institutions. Decide how you will determine if the clinic is meeting it’ goals . Identify 3 performance measurements you could use to evaluate the succss of the clinics services . Begin by naming a goal,and then identify a quantifiable measurement you could use for each to determine if you are coming close or falling short of the goal. Determine how you would address whatever opportunities for improvement seem to exist and what processes you would put in place. Use at least 3 quality resources in this assignment.
