St. Luke's Mariner Medical Clinic Certified as a Health Care Home
Posted on Feb 23, 2015
By St. Luke's, Duluth, MN
St. Luke’s Mariner Medical Clinic received official certification
as a health care home on January 29. As a health care home, Mariner Medical
Clinic staff is focused on a team approach to managing an individual’s
health care. A health care home is a team approach to care that gives
a patient access to all the services and support he or she needs; it is
not a building, nursing home, or home health care. A team of medical professionals,
relatives, friends, and other members will help coordinate care, assist
with accessibility to specialty services and community resources, and
arrange additional support, if needed.
In a health care home, a patient continues ongoing care with a primary
care provider and that provider partners with other medical specialists
and connects patients to other health care services, support networks,
and community services. “We are focused on the person’s entire
well-being rather than a specific part or issue,” said Charlotte
DeRosia, Mariner Medical Clinic manager. “Our health care team works
together to create an individualized plan based on the patient’s
unique needs.”
There are many benefits of a health care home including:
- Patient is the central and a valued health care team member
- Coordinated care based on specific needs
- Arranged specialty care and community services
- Improved ability to communicate and schedule appointments with the health care team
To learn more about Mariner Medical Clinic’s health care home, contact
Aaryn Ackley, Care Coordinator, at 715.395.3932 or
Aaryn.Ackley@slhduluth.com.
BELOW: Charlotte DeRosia, St. Luke's Mariner Medical Clinic manager
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