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Guiding Principles
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At the front of the office is access to the beach. Spend a lunchtime in the sunshine and surf |
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These are the principles of the medical office, as well as how they are being implemented.
Free healthcare for everyone
- The focus is on free, Medicare healthcare for everyone.
- Everyone is treated alike. There is no 'executive health' buy-ins. Everyone deserves the same gold-plated healthcare.
Timeliness
- Help keep people healthier in the first place, so they need less physician visits down the road for chronic disease.
- The number of patients in the practice is kept at the recommended amount, so that if a medical issue arises, there is better availability.
- The practice is appointment only, helping to minimize wait-time at the office.
- Through the doctor working regularly, and not exceeding the recommended patient list, try to keep appointments available within one working day, which is the gold standard.
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Streams of sailboats in the bay in front of the medical office |
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Helping seniors to age in place
- Place the medical office in the community, so a short, easy drive.
- Housecall service for the frail eldery.
- Longitudinal, preventative care to help minimize injury or hospital admissions.
Lower costs for patients by lowering wasteful expenses
- Energy efficiency (see 'Environmentally friendly' section below).
- Use electronic records so that cheaper to provide patient copies. Also, not having the expense of maintaining a warehouse of paper charts for decades.
- Use furnishings from recycled/upcycled items where possible.
- Employing local expert craftspeople, as well-built items don't need frequent repair/replacement.
- Run the practice in part of a home, instead of maintaining separate buildings that are empty half of the day.
- Providing service closer to home, to minimize patients' driving expenses and lost time from work.
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Office manager Donna kayaks around on the oceanfront in front of the medical office |
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Being environmentally friendly
- Electronic charts instead of paper.
- Reducing heating carbon footprint by: using sea as moderating effect to minimize temperature extremes, passive solar heating, high-efficiency heat.
- Use daylight for primary lighting. Use LED lighting supplementation.
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