Prompt Care Labeled A Success By Sonora Regional Medical Center

Sonora, CA -- People are getting the message about the appropriate use of Prompt Care facilities as compared to emergency rooms.

That's the word from Sonora Regional Medical Center's Vice President for Business Planning and Marketing Doug Duffield. According to Duffield there was great concern on the part of the general public that S.R.M.C.'s Emergency Department would be overwhelmed with the June 30 closing of Tuolumne General Hospital and its emergency room.

A year ago the S.R.M.C. Emergency Department serviced approximately 22,000 patients. During that same time period 11,000 individuals were admitted to the emergency room at T.G.H.

Given that scenario, S.R.M.C. opened a prompt care facility located on Forest Rd. directly across from the Mother Lode Fairgrounds. S.R.M.C. also has a prompt care facility in east Sonora at Indian Rock on Mono Way. In addition, S.R.M.C. authored a program to educate the public as to when to utilize a prompt care facility as compared to an emergency room.

Duffield notes there has only been an 11% increase in number of Emergency Department patients at S.R.M.C. since the July 1 transition. The prompt care facilities have seen a 42% increase.

Written by bill.johnson@mlode.com

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