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More children expected to seek care at retail clinics
Date: 2007/04/20 11:26 By: wlw Status: User  
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What about continuity of care? Most of the time when people use retail clinics, they make an appointment for a certain day and time, not who will be their healthcare provider.
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Re:More children expected to seek care at retail clinics
Date: 2007/04/20 11:31 By: utcom Status: User  
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I agree with the concern for lack on continuity of care.

Another problem is that children not actually seeing pediatricians at any of their office visits.

While NPs and PAs offer a broad range of skills and expertise, they are not as carefully trained as pediatricians to assess various pediatric issues such as developmental stage or early symptoms of a more serious problem.
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Re:More children expected to seek care at retail clinics
Date: 2007/04/21 10:15 By: jbohm1 Status: User  
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I think the advantage of a retail clinic is its availability. At least children have access to a healthcare provider.

How many of the patients would be taken to actual doctor's office?
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Re:More children expected to seek care at retail clinics
Date: 2007/04/21 10:20 By: toledo Status: User  
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Probably not many children would be taken to a doctor's office, it depends on the characteristics of the patient population.

Regarding not having continuity of care: if a patient's information is available electronically, then a patient's medical history is available to all healthcare providers taking care of them.
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Re:More children expected to seek care at retail clinics
Date: 2007/04/22 17:12 By: ohiomd Status: User  
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I think retail clinics are viable options for adult patients especially if a person is dealing with an acute problem such as a sinus infection.
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Re:More children expected to seek care at retail clinics
Date: 2007/04/22 17:13 By: jbohm1 Status: User  
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Yes, you are right. Acute illness management makes sense, not chronic illness management.
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