Health Care Access Options
Health Care Access Options
Sherri Olubode
HCS/490 - Health Care Consumer - Trends and Marketing
June 7, 2015
Jennifer Johnson
Health Care Access Options
With today 's world of healthcare options, it is near impossible to know just what your community offers in the way of access to health care. This paper will assist in narrowing down three options:
1. A walk in clinic
2. A retail clinic
3. A web-based resource for health care
The community that we will look at is a city in the county of Riverside, California. Moreno Valley, according to the United States Census Bureau (2015), has a population estimate in 2013 of 201,175; the city is approximate 51.5 square miles. With the large population, there is a need to bring forward some of the options that health care had to offer.
A walk-in clinic: Community Health Systems, Inc., is a series of low to no income medical facilities that provides different types of services. Some of the services available to patients are Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Optometry, Dentistry, Pediatric Healthcare, and Women Health Service, (Community Health Systems, Inc., 2015). Patients must bring proof of income at which time they calculate the payment on a sliding scale and the patient pays according to that scale. Those that have no means of income qualified for a governmental program under the counties, Medically Indigent Service Program (MISP). These facilities not only offer services for the no or low income, but they accept a variety of medical insurances. Through a series of community events such as No cost mammograms, teen clinics, diabetes testing, flu shots, and health screening advertised by banner and flyers delivered to the different county offices. Moreno Valley is also home to the Regional County Hospital, and patients referred to this facility for ongoing medical treatment. They are very successful with all of the community activities, and the exposure in the community there is not else that would increase their
Sherri Olubode
HCS/490 - Health Care Consumer - Trends and Marketing
June 7, 2015
Jennifer Johnson
Health Care Access Options
With today 's world of healthcare options, it is near impossible to know just what your community offers in the way of access to health care. This paper will assist in narrowing down three options:
1. A walk in clinic
2. A retail clinic
3. A web-based resource for health care
The community that we will look at is a city in the county of Riverside, California. Moreno Valley, according to the United States Census Bureau (2015), has a population estimate in 2013 of 201,175; the city is approximate 51.5 square miles. With the large population, there is a need to bring forward some of the options that health care had to offer.
A walk-in clinic: Community Health Systems, Inc., is a series of low to no income medical facilities that provides different types of services. Some of the services available to patients are Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Optometry, Dentistry, Pediatric Healthcare, and Women Health Service, (Community Health Systems, Inc., 2015). Patients must bring proof of income at which time they calculate the payment on a sliding scale and the patient pays according to that scale. Those that have no means of income qualified for a governmental program under the counties, Medically Indigent Service Program (MISP). These facilities not only offer services for the no or low income, but they accept a variety of medical insurances. Through a series of community events such as No cost mammograms, teen clinics, diabetes testing, flu shots, and health screening advertised by banner and flyers delivered to the different county offices. Moreno Valley is also home to the Regional County Hospital, and patients referred to this facility for ongoing medical treatment. They are very successful with all of the community activities, and the exposure in the community there is not else that would increase their
References: Commuity Health Systems, Inc. (2015). Making a Difference. Retrieved June 7, 2015, from www.chsica.org/aboutUs.htm CVS. (2015). Why Choose Us. Retrieved June 7, 2015, from http://www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/why-choose-us?WT.ac=MC-M-MCS-GENERIC_NP_SLIDE_-X-50415-X-OP United States Census Bureau. (2015, April 22). Moreno Valley (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau. Retrieved June 7, 2015, from http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0649270.html