Medical center to open in Catonsville by March
By Lauren Loricchio, Catonsville Times, Ellicott City, Md. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
A one-stop-shop medical center where patients could see primary care physicians and specialists, while also being able to get tests done, is to be built at
The new center will cost between
At the 38,000-square-foot center, medical care will become more streamlined for patients, said Dr.
"What we can do for patients in this building is not as comprehensive," said Cook, of his current office on
"Our ability to make sure that people are doing [those things] is going to be increased," said the
Doctors from four
The new center will have 16 primary care physicians as well as 10 to 12 specialists, and services for imaging, laboratory and physical therapy, Greskovich said.
Greskovich said the driving factor behind the model is, "delivering preventative care to the patient in their community so that you're avoiding unnecessary hospital visits, so that you're keeping them out of the hospital by getting them the proper checkups and medications and fitness...It's not so much the efficiency of operations as it is a switch to preventative and managing health versus managing episodic care."
Building the center in
"Everywhere we went, everyone thought it was a great idea, but they wanted to put it near someone else's house," Cook said.
Because the shopping center was already zoned for commercial development, the site became more feasible, Cook said.
Some believe the center model to be the future of health care.
"Primary care medicine is changing and we're no longer focused on simply treating acute conditions. Under this new model of coordinated care we're better able to prevent illness, manage chronic conditions and improve health outcomes for the patient," said
The approach to providing medical care is part of growing trend in health care at the state and federal level.
Such a concept isn't new -- it was first introduced by the
The goal of the program is to increase the quality of health care, while reducing the cost of care, said the MHHC's website.
State law requires that that state's five major insurance carriers: Aetna,
A first-year evaluation of the program issued in a 2013
To become recognized by the
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