- Identify the common capital equipment for initial clinic set-up, plan the associated budget, and create a reasonable timeline for purchasing.
- Differentiate between CLIA-waived vs non-waived testing and determine the appropriate level of testing needed based on the urgent care center's service goals.
- Describe factors to consider (space, electrical, water, personnel, opportunities vs challenges of non-waived testing) when evaluating lab test systems
- Analyze budget projections of start-up FF&E in your facility and evaluate the "pros/cons" of new vs used equipment as well as leasing vs purchasing as it affects the budget and funding.
- Compare and contrast the available radiology options/equipment in preparation for budgeting and selection that will align with your services as well as spatial needs.
Recorded for the 2019 Spring Convention
1 hour and 36 minutes of synced audio and PowerPoint
Course Description:
Trying to get a handle on the project list for starting your new urgent care center? This course can help in developing your furniture, fixture, and equipment (FF&E) list, establishing a budget, creating a timeline, and learning more about the available resources for purchasing new, used, and refurbished equipment. Learn what equipment is necessary during start-up, and what can be purchased later in order to reduce expenses. Align purchases with the services being offered, and determine the ROI of common devices and equipment.
Speaker: Patrice Pash, BSN RN – Director of Consulting Services, DocuTAP
Patrice Pash BSN RN is the Director of Consulting for DocuTAP, the leading provider of integrated electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management technology for urgent care. In this position, she has lead the delivery of consulting services to clients seeking to develop, expand, or optimize their urgent care business also ensuring client successes and satisfaction at startup by coordinating delivery specific to the customer's needs. Prior to joining DocuTAP, she successfully assisted over 150 urgent care clinics throughout the United States and abroad. Physicians, non-physicians, investors and health systems alike have all turned to her for valuable insights when it comes to starting an urgent care. Her experience both as a nurse with experience in both emergency medicine and cardiology as well as her vast first-hand knowledge in urgent care operations well affords her the ability to address not only the challenges facing her clients, but also understanding the medical landscape. Patrice and her husband of twenty-two years have two teenage sons that are heavily involved in a variety of sports. The family enjoys camping and fishing and she spends her free time gardening, canning, painting and is an avid reader and writer.
Disclosures:
DocuTap – Salary
Please email education@ucaoa.org with questions.
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