Discover More About The Walk In Clinic Mt Zion GA

By Paula Barron


Hospital emergency rooms are often busy and crowded and patients often have to wait for hours before they are seen. The walk in clinic Mt Zion GA provides a service to deal with minor accidents and illnesses on a much quicker timescale. Patients do not need to make an appointment to see a physician. They can walk in off the street and will be assessed by a Nurse Practitioner or a trainee medical professional and placed in order of priority to see the physician.

Mount Zion GA will accept patients who are signed up with many of the major insurance companies. A list of the accepted insurance plans are listed on the clinics website, or can be verified by contacting the patient reception and information centre. Patients should have their insurance plan information available when registering at reception.

Patients who do not have an accepted form of medical insurance, will be required to pay for their diagnosis and any treatments received. Payment needs to be made when the patients attends the clinic. The clinic will accept various forms of payment, including cash, credit or debit card.

Patients can usually expect to be seen by a nurse practitioner or a medical student on arrival. This is to ensure that they are seen by a physician in order of priority. All the medical staff are trained in dealing with a wide range of minor injuries and ailments, which do not pose a threat to life. Their remit does not include providing treatment for major life threatening injuries or medical conditions.

The employees at Mt Zion have established and maintain good working relationships with many of the professional staff at hospitals in the area. This allows them to arrange for patients to be admitted to a hospital ward for diagnosis and treatment when necessary. When the patients condition is serious, this often helps them to bypass the hospital waiting room and be seen by a specialist quickly.

In situations where a patient uses the walk in service and tests results indicate they require further tests or perhaps surgical intervention, they will be referred to hospital. The service has on site the facilities, staff and equipment to carry out basic tests and procedures, but will not undertake anything more serious. The physician will explain test results and whether a referral to hospital is necessary for further intervention.

The local community is served by the service, which also runs a number of health and welfare services aimed at educating and supporting those living with a long term medical condition, such as diabetes, epilepsy and mental health disorders. The individual clinic often has a support group attached, which are generally made up from patients and have a medical professional attached, who works within that particular discipline.

The services invest heavily in education and raising public awareness in relation to certain types of illness, treatment regimes and most importantly prevention strategies. Members of the general public are welcomed to the events, which generally include a lot of fun activities for all the family to join in. The patients and employees from the walk in clinic Mt Zion GA actively support the facility by giving their spare time.




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