GIVING PATIENTS MORE: La Familia's new strategy should cut down on waiting

From: Santa Fe Reporter | Date: December 3, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

It's late afternoon on a Monday at La Familia Medical Center's southside clinic, and the crowded waiting room has slowly thinned out.

That's good news for the young woman who showed up without an appointment; she just got lucky--it's quiet and there's a doctor available.

Due to the loss of several doctors in the last few months, the clinic isn't officially taking new patients until January--and in some cases is sending them to the emergency room or First Care clinic at St. Vincent Hospital.

Down from 11 full-time doctors to seven, at a time of year when recruiting residents is difficult, the ...

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