Neighborhood Family Clinic Case Study

This paper will discuss the Neighborhood Family Clinic in the Madison area with a brief description of the facility which a free-standing building with an adequate waiting area with the capacity to hold up to twenty to twenty-five patients. The building is brick with squared darkened bubbled glass windows that cover both the east and west sides of the building. The front of the building sits slightly to the side of the parking lot it has two glass doors that lead to a small foyer which meets another glass door. Upon entering the facility the check-in desk is about six to eight feet from the door. The check-in or reception area has two desk where the receptionist greet the patients, check-in patients, collect money for co-pays or sliding scale

payments based on income. There is also an area that has a copier and fax machine that is used by the staff at the facility.

The Neighborhood Family Clinic is a smaller clinic compared to many of the larger clinics that subside under some of the major hospitals but is equipped with multiple exam rooms and it has on-site capability to do labs at the facility.

Community or facility need for building or renovation

The community or facility need for the building or renovation is one of a great need because there are 11 Neighborhood Clinics in the Nashville Area that provide health and preventive services to over 25,000 patients a year with over 90,00 visits a year and that number is continuously climbing. There will be an increase in patients over the next two to three years, as many individuals are now aware of the neighborhood clinics and the services they provide at a less expensive rate as many of the clinic affiliated with the major hospitals and the locations are in surrounding communities with a great need for health services. The Neighborhood clinics provide several services to individuals with low-income, uninsured people, and working class individuals that have difficulty getting to major clinics due to work or other issues. The hours that the clinic operated are Monday through Friday from eight am to five

o’clock in the afternoon, also providing services on Saturdays and Sundays. Consequently, because the patient numbers will increase that will require renovation of an existing clinic to provide more space in waiting areas and more exam rooms to treat the increased number of patients treated. In many communities that do not have an existing neighborhood clinic nearby that allows perspective patients to get health care without the issues of commuting to nearby hospitals for treatment or problems with transportation for health care. Many of the services provided at the clinic range from Preventive services, urgent care, and chronic care for Diabetes, hypertension, and Asthma among others. Subsequently, adding another building in areas with no convenient facility to get health care for health conditions. By adding another building to the area that will give individuals in the Clarksville Highway, Bordeaux, and Trinity Hills area a facility that is closer than the current one in Madison. Therefore, including another building is warranted because of the continuous refugee crisis of Syria and the request for accepting refugees another facility is greatly needed.
Type of population the facility
The type of population the facility serves ranges from all ages, cultural backgrounds, and nationalities. There is not a specific set of qualifications or criteria an individual must have for treatment at a Neighborhood Clinic as anyone can come for treatment. Individuals that come for treatment can be insured or uninsured and do not have to live in Nashville. The clinic also cares for U.S. citizens, refugees, and immigrants ( www.neighborhoodhealth.org, n. d.). To become a patient the individuals must first make an appointment by providing the following information name, address, reason for the visit, health insurance information if insured, and if an interpreter is needed. The clinic has $25.00 co-pay for those with insurance and a discount fee of $25.00 for those with no insurance.

Conclusion
In conclusion, there is a great need for another facility or renovation of the current facility because as the communities the Neighborhood Health Clinic serves continues to grow so will the need for a more space at current standing facility or another facility to support the growing community. By adding another facility in a more access reach in the community where those that reside within the community have more ability to get to the facility will help improve on the health in the community.