Community-owned Primary Care Clinics Manned by Nurse Practitioners

Healthcare is like water. Everyone needs it. Primary care is the highest value healthcare but our entire healthcare operation is run by very large hospital systems. In that case primary care is designed to feed the hospital system with patients who need—you guessed it—hospitalization. Primary care in that setting also exists to make referrals to specialists and expensive testing. Primary care in the big systems is not designed to keep people healthy and away from hospitalization and testing, but that is the promise. Medical science has advanced today to the point that we can prolong healthy life and primary care clinics can provide most treatment patients needed. Many communities own hospitals. They would get more benefit from owning primary care clinics that are not owned by the hospital.

Communities own the public water supply. Rural counties could own primary care health clinics manned by nurse practitioners in states where they can practice independently. (the green states on the map)> These clinics at the county seat level could include the following nurse practitioner primary care types which all support each other to treat the whole patient from start to finish.

Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (A-GNP) (internal medicine/geriatrics)

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) (family practice)

Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) (nurse midwife/women’s health)

Psychiatry/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)

Smaller communities in the county could have a clinic with a FNP

This entire site is about keeping people healthier longer and these clinics are the vehicle to bring excellent care to rural and underserved areas. Your community will get a lot more bang for your healthcare dollar with these primary care clinics. My expertise is in adult health and nurse practitioners provide the very highest level of treatment in patients with conditions like diabetes and heart disease. They can address the special needs of women with heart disease more effectively. Our telemedicine partners can expand the reach of these clinics at low cost. The map shows the states where nurse practitioners can operate independently and New York has recently been added. We can help you with the infrastructure needed to set up these clinics. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Contact us.

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