Talk:Convenient care clinic

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I just revised the final sentences of the section called 'Services Offered' -- it contained inaccurate information that suggested that there are physician-staffed CCCs that provide all of the services that a traditional primary care office provides. CCCs -- regardless of staff -- provide only a limited range of services, and refer all patients who need care that falls outside of this limited range to an ER, a traditional primary care office, or a specialist. If a clinic doesn't fit this description, it's not a CCC (it may be an acute care center, which is different). I included a link to QuickHealth (a physician-staffed CCC in California that offers a limited range of services) that backs this up. --Aritter 17:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I just removed (without being logged in -- oops) a sentence inserted in the first paragraph that said that NPs and PAs work "under the supervision of a local physician." I removed this because this isn't an accurate description of the law in most states. In most states, NPs work independently and are required by law to "collaborate" with physicians -- not "be supervised" by them. PAs, however, are required to be supervised by physicians -- and this is noted in the section of the article called "Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Convenient Care Clinics". Aritter 14:58, 13 November 2006 (UTC)Aritter