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EACH Saturday this summer, I worked the day shift in the Emergency Care Center at D.C. General. I assisted the medical staff during trauma emergencies, wheeled patients to x-rays and stocked supplies in the walk-in clinic. After two months in the emergency room, what surprises me most about the case of Patricia Jones is that it doesn't happen more often...
Discussion of a possible change in the policy was sparked this summer by a committee of the University Health Services (UHS), partly in response to the elimination of its walk-in clinic procedure in favor of a system based on pre-arranged appointments...
...part of an effort to shorten waiting times and personalize medical care, University Health Services (UHS) has eliminated its walk-in clinic and replaced it with an appointment system...
While the walk-in system had its advantages, "long waits are typical of walk-in clinics and are one reason why student health services have bad reputations," said Charles H. Weingarten, chief of medicine...
Further reorganization at UHS is forthcoming. In about six weeks, the specialist clinics will be moved to the space freed up by the walk-in clinic, and the medical care teams will move upstairs, Weingarten said. Rosenthal added that a complete renovation and remodelling of UHS will probably also be forthcoming...