Health care consumers are faced with many decisions concerning the various types of healthcare facilities and venues in which they can access quality healthcare. As a physician, it is important to offer your patients a variety of treatment setting options such as local health clinics, private healthcare centers or physician-owned private healthcare facilities, which provide a wide range of tertiary care options.
You'll want to make sure you know about the local healthcare facilities, healthcare clinics and general hospitals you plan to send your patients to. Which ones offer the best services? Which ones accept your patient's insurance? Which ones offer the care your patient needs? When looking for facilities, consider these options:
1. Find the best local healthcare facilities to send your patients to for lab work and x-rays.
2. Locate the best local healthcare clinics to send your patients to for any additional testing they may need.
3. Research the best local general hospitals to send your patients to for any inpatient and outpatient care needs they have.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Find local healthcare facilities
Whether you choose private healthcare facilities, a healthcare center or local lab, make http://members.work.com/w/CreateGuide.do
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I recommend: The
Health Resource and Services Administration offers a directory of healthcare centers in your area. Be sure to check reports of deficiencies and citations for nursing homes; you can do that in California through the
California Healthcare Foundation and in Maryland through
Voices for Quality Care (LTC), Inc..
Find local healthcare clinics
When your patients need additional testing, such as echocardiograms, stress tests, MRIs or other non invasive tests, you'll want to send them to a healthcare clinic that can provide the best testing for them.
I recommend: Take Care facilities perform diagnostic tests, vaccinations, minor injuries and complete physicals.
Life Line Screening provides preventive health screenings and tests at affordable prices.
Find local general hospitals
When your patients need inpatient or outpatient hospital visits, you'll want to send them to a hospital you can both feel comfortable with. Hospitals you send your patients to should have all of the latest diagnostic tests, clean rooms and excellent caregivers.
I recommend: American Hospital Directory allows you to look up hospitals in your area and compare them.
Medline Plus allows you to locate hospitals within 200 miles of the zip code you enter, and then you can search by hospital specialty and services.
US News & World Report publishes the respected America's Best Hospitals guide.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- You may also want to do some research into a health center that offers self insured healthcare facilities and one that offers long term healthcare facilities.
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