PHYSICIANS CLINIC INC

PHYSICIANS CLINIC PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS SERVE AS THE PATIENT'S PERSONAL HEALTH ADVOCATE FOCUSING THEIR MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ON EACH PERSON'S UNIQUE HEALTH NEEDS. THEY OFFER COMPASSIONATE CARE AND PERSONAL ATTENTION - IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH.PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE PROVIDES CONTINUING AND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY AND INCLUDES FAMILY MEDICINE, PEDIATRICS AND INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALTIES. PHYSICIANS CLINIC PHYSICIANS ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE BIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. THE SCOPE OF PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE ENCOMPASSES ALL AGES, GENDERS, ORGAN SYSTEMS AND EVERY DISEASE ENTITY. PHYSICIANS CLINIC HOLDS PHYSICIANS TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS, REQUIRING BOARD CERTIFICATION OF ALL NEW FAMILY PHYSICIANS. PHYSICIANS CLINIC PHYSICIANS PROVIDE THE BEST IN HEALTH CARE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE INDIVIDUAL'S FAMILY MEMBERS FROM INFANCY TO THE GOLDEN YEARS.DURING 2023 THERE WERE 774,940 VISITS MADE TO THE VARIETY OF PHYSICIAN SPECIALITIES.PHYSICIANS CLINIC HAS ADOPTED A PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME MODEL, ONE OF HEALTHCARE'S MOST IMPORTANT INNOVATIONS FOR IMPROVING PRIMARY CARE. PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME IS A HEALTHCARE SETTING THAT FACILITATES PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS, THEIR PERSONAL PHYSICIANS AND, WHEN APPROPRIATE, THE PATIENT'S FAMILY. CARE IS FACILITATED BY REGISTRIES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH COACHES, DIABETIC EDUCATORS AND OTHER MEANS TO ASSURE THAT PATIENTS RECEIVE THE INDICATED CARE ON A TIMELY BASIS IN AN APPROPRIATE SETTING.PHYSICIANS CLINIC STARTED ADOPTING THE PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME MODEL IN 2012. THE INITIAL FOCUS WAS ON DIABETES CHRONIC CARE WITH A MOVE INTO HYPERTENSION AND STROKE CARE. BY THE END OF 2023, 23 ADULT PRIMARY CARE CLINICS HAD MADE THE TRANSFORMATION TO THE PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME MODEL, ACCOUNTING FOR 104 PROVIDER PRACTICES. THERE ARE 79 NCQA DIABETES RECOGNIZED PROVIDERS AND 77 NCQA HEART AND STROKE RECOGNIZED PROVIDERS IN PLACE.

METHODIST PHYSICIANS CLINIC HAS TAKEN AN ACTIVE ROLE IN A NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR EDUCATION INITIATIVE KNOWN AS HEARTCARING. ONE OF MANY UNIQUE PROGRAM OFFERINGS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SPIRIT HEALTH GROUP, HEARTCARING FOCUSES ON EDUCATING PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS ON GENDER DIFFERENTIATION IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE. THESE PHYSICIANS, IN TURN, SHARE WITH WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THE KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE GAINED WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIQUE RISK FACTORS, EARLY DETECTION AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT OPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN WOMEN. METHODIST PHYSICIANS CLINIC PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS PARTICIPATE ANNUALLY IN HEARTCARING TRAINING, THE INFORMATION FROM WHICH WAS SHARED AT COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIRS AND IN-CLINIC OPEN HOUSES, WHEN POSSIBLE.