Harborview clinics to close?

[eridani]

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/01/16/out-of-the-hospital-and-off-the-books-should-harborviews-primary-care-clinics-be-closed&cb=103ccc9c6d6e7d0c1d56d8cd3f813c02&layoutId=PostComment&view=comments#comment-18694701

Harborview Medical Center officials acknowledged last month they were considering moving or closing the hospital’s primary care clinics.

This would be a very bad idea.

Harborview is a critically important medical care resource for many thousands of people in King County, the state of Washington, and even surrounding states. One of the reasons it works so well is that while Harborview has a regional mission, it is grounded in the immediate communities it serves, which include those patients who often have no other options to access health care. These clinics go far beyond the traditional bounds of primary care, providing essential coordinated, complicated, and unduplicated outpatient care to our community’s most vulnerable patients. Labeling these clinics simply as “Primary Care” is incorrect and doesn’t reflect the mix of services required for good outcomes. The likelihood that equivalent robust services can be provided cost-effectively and sustainably is low.


Please write the King County Council about this ASAP
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[GP6971]

1. Well doesn't that just suck

I have a high regard for Harborview.....this will just dull their gleaming reputation.

Seems to be a lot of movement in the health care industry. I'm now looking for a new PCP as my PCP facility just moved 15 miles away......without any notice I might add.