{"id":29636,"date":"2017-04-10T18:43:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T23:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=29636"},"modified":"2017-04-10T17:13:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T22:13:48","slug":"expanded-access-at-primary-care-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2017\/04\/10\/expanded-access-at-primary-care-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Missed Appointments Repurposed At Primary Care Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/waitingroom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/waitingroom.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"waitingroom\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/waitingroom.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/waitingroom-228x171.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>ValleyBiz Story |<\/p>\n<p>The Swan Valley Primary Care Centre (SVPCC) continues to face the challenge of individuals simply not showing up for appointments.    In 2016, there were 1,200 &#8220;no shows&#8221; &#8211; that&#8217;s the equivalent of the SVPCC being closed for 3 weeks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stock photo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is usually not possible to contact a patient on the cancellation list and have them arrive in time to fill a missed appointment.  That time is just lost.<\/p>\n<p>With the hope of recovering the time wasted by these missed appointments, the SVPCC has implemented a new option for patients requiring same day appointments.  &#8220;If there are no available appointments that day, and you need to be seen, you will be encouraged to wait in clinic to see if something does become available.&#8221;  said Leisa Lukie, Primary Care Practice Supervisor in a written statement. &#8220;Unfortunately, this will not absolutely guarantee appointments. However, time that is wasted by a no show may, in the end, be utilized by someone who requires it.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Patient care at the SVPCC is currently provided by four full time physicians and two part time physicians as well as periodic coverage by a nurse practitioner and various locum physicians. Approximately 85 patients are seen each day at the SVPCC.  Physicians are also responsible for providing services for hospital patients, Emergency Room on-call, chemotherapy, hemodialysis as well as long-term care assessments in Swan River and Benito.  <\/p>\n<p>The SVPCC is not yet working with a full complement of physicians, however Swan Valley resident, Dr. Savannah McKay, will officially join the team in July 2017 and other recruiting efforts are ongoing. &#8220;PMH, Swan River Valley municipalities and the Swan Valley Health Facilities Foundation continue working hard to recruit medical professionals to our area.&#8221; said Lukie&#8221; &#8220;We have also opened the door to many medical students throughout the year and are dedicated to continuing this mentorship.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ValleyBiz Story | The Swan Valley Primary Care Centre (SVPCC) continues to face the challenge of individuals simply not showing up for appointments. In 2016, there were 1,200 &#8220;no shows&#8221; &#8211; that&#8217;s the equivalent of the SVPCC being closed for 3 weeks. Stock photo It is usually not possible to contact a patient on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-29636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}