Word: clinically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Postel says that UHS is now developing a system which will encourage patients to get their own personal physicians instead of just using the walk-in clinic for their health care needs...
...best, patients should be able to see the doctor 48 hours after the call. After seeing a doctor once in his office rather than the clinic, UHS officials think the patient will be more likely to return to the same doctor the next time he feels sick...
...final product should be better patient care at UHS, officials say. "The person who has a doctor here is apt to find very satisfactory medical care, as opposed to the person who just uses the walk-in clinic," says Postel...
Postel says that, since UHS started using the Reserve Time System last June, attendance at the walk-in clinic has declined 20 percent. This coincides with a decline in the number of complaints UHS has received about waits in the walk-in clinic...
...program hasn't been fully implemented yet, so officials hope to see a greater drop in walk-in visits. Postel also expects that, as the numbers of patients in the walk-in clinic declines, the reputation of UHS will rise...