The hospital chain is going to try it’s hand at retail clinics…with nurse practitioners. Medical records will be integrated with the hospital.
Electronic medical record for a patients will connect the retail clinics to the hospitals, emergency rooms, and thus the retail clinics will have a connection to the primary care physicians and specialists as well. The hospital may have a good idea going here with the integration process, something that healthcare is struggling with throughout. The records will have full alerts via the charts for previous lab tests, medications, and allergies. In case additional care is needed beyond the office, the connection will be there. BD
MultiCare, which runs the hospitals Tacoma General, Mary Bridge Children's, Allenmore and Good Samaritan in Puyallup, plans to open two clinics in Rite Aid stores, in Tacoma and Lakewood, the first week of August. The clinics will be staffed with nurse practitioners and offer diagnosis and treatment for common illnesses, including strep throat, earaches, flu, bladder infections, bronchitis and allergies, and will provide such services as lab tests and immunizations.
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