Re: In-store health clinics take off


High Miles wrote:

Jim Higgins wrote:
"Dropping into a clinic to take care of a sore throat isn't the same as being sure that you're vaccinated, managing your diabetes, or your hypertension or your cholesterol fat," said Dr. William A. Hazel, an AMA board member, who added that it's important for people not to substitute the clinics for a family doctor.

People have to be trusted to know when such clinics are appropriate.
In any case, some professional help is better than none, and these
places tell patients when a doctor or emergency room is needed.

Convenient care advocates say they offer patients an easy, affordable routine health care option and that the move by the AMA is a sign that doctors feel threatened by the risk of losing patients.

Does anyone else have the feeling that something very basic has been lost in the last few years? I know when I have a cold that a doctor can't do diddley to "cure" me and a doctor visit would just be a waste of time and money, so I rest in bed, drink plenty of liquids, and take aspirin. Young people nowadays seem to run to the doctor or an emergency room for every little sniffle. The emphasis in the quoted article is on *routine* care, nothing more. The AMA is over-reacting, as usual. These health clinics are nothing more than triage stations, treating what is within their capability and sending those patients who need more skilled care to traditional medical facilities.
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