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Finance committee recommends board review of tourist-focused walk-in clinic to ease emergent-service costs
Summary
The Del Memorial Clinic Finance Committee voted to forward a proposal for a cash-pay, tourist-focused walk-in clinic (9 a.m.–3 p.m.) to the full board; Executive Director Albert Wall said diverting low-acuity walk-ins could cut staffing and save substantial emergency-service costs.
The Del Memorial Clinic Finance Committee voted April 21 to recommend that Executive Director Albert Wall present a proposal for a tourist-focused walk-in clinic to the full board for review.
Wall told the committee the clinic is seeing a sharp rise in low-acuity walk-ins — about 75% of recent traffic — and that opening a separate, cash-pay walk-in site close to the pier could divert those cases. “If we divert the lower level of care to a walk in clinic, we will be able to reduce our staffing by at least 1…
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