The idea and use of employer on site medical clinics is not new. What is newer is the practicality of all employers now having the opportunity to participate in the benefits of employer on site clinics. Employers can participate in these types of clinics either on their own or through a cooperative effort of a number of employers in a close proximity.
What is newer is the way on site clinics are managed, staffed, supplied, designed and programmed.
Programmed to provide a patient (employee or dependent) with a 20 minute visit built into the patient/doctor schedule, to know the patient. Having the physician focus on the patient and not on funding overhead.
Programmed to a high degree of prevention and wellness.
Programmed as a platform for wellness and the initial stages of a disease management program.
Designed for scalability, starting with an appropriate number of initial hours of operation and staff and then growing with the clinic’s use.
Designed for ease of use of scheduling appointments by the patient.
Designed, by its very nature, to reduce absenteeism and improve productivity, 1 hour compared to 3-4 hours of possible employer time used.
Designed to reduce expensive and quite possibly needless emergency room visits.
Staffed by local physicians and nurses, with a great deal of input from the employer.
Staffed by physicians that are relieved of the burden of generating income to offset overhead.
Supplied by net-net wholesale generic drugs as available to pharmacies. The focus is on the greater consumption of generic drugs at wholesale costs.
Managed by a management operation that created this clinic model to reduce the overhead expense of a typical doctor’s office.
Managed, staffed, supplied and designed to reduce employer/employee total costs by 6%-9%, net of initial costs, within 9-12 months, effected by employee participation and management support.
