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Wisner Mercy Medical Clinic's Scope of Service:
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Wisner Mercy Medical Clinic of Wisner, Nebraska is a part of Mercy Medical Services Network and Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City.
It is the policy of the medical and administrative staff that the best and most appropriate services to be provided to all patients.
It is the policy of the
Wisner
Mercy Medical Clinic to provide the following direct services at the clinic site, utilizing the services of both the physicians and midlevels. |
Direct Professional Services |
Clinic Procedures |
 General family practice medical care |
Catheterization (bladder) |
| Appropriate and prompt referral of complex medical or surgical problems requiring care by a Physician in another facility. |
Minor surgery procedures |
| Well child exams/immunizations |
Allergy injections |
| Vaccine for Children |
Joint and trigger point injections |
| Obstetrical care |
Flu/Pneumonia vaccinations |
| D.O.T. exams (Department of Transportation) |
Electrocardiography |
| Emergency care |
Electrocautery |
| Employment physicals |
Endometrial Biopsy |
| Sports physicals |
Chemical cautery |
| X-ray/Diagnostic imaging/Fracture care |
Excision of lesions |
| Patient counseling |
Excision of skin tags |
| Laboratory |
Excision of ingrown toenails |
| EPSDT exams |
Foreign body removal (eye) |
| CLIA certification |
Incision and drainage (simple & complicated) |
| Gynecological exams |
Lacerations |
| Workman’s compensation injuries triage and care |
T.B. skin tests |
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Immunizations |
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Visual Acuity Test |
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Direct Services
General:
Medical History- each patient is asked for a health history in order for our providers to provide the best possible care.
System Review - each patient is asked to complete a system review annually at the time of their physical.
Physical Examinations-many different types of exams are performed here. Wellness, DOT, pre-employment school, sports, pregnancy as well as general exams are performed.
Health status assessments - examine each patient for specific complaints and treat accordingly.
Minor procedures - these include lesion removal, treatment of warts, aspiration of body fluids, nail removal, eye exams for foreign body removal, ear washes, cautery of nose bleeds, joint injections, and anoscopy
Minor emergencies - laceration repair, acute injuries, general wound care & fracture care.
Surgical procedures - endometrial biopsy
Other - general radiography, EKG's. |
| Laboratory: The clinic provides quality laboratory services appropriate to the medical needs of the patient, using the lab at our clinic, and the more sophisticated facilities of the Quest Lab of St. Louis, Missouri and the Siouxland Cytology Consultants of Sioux City, Iowa. The clinic lab is registered with CLIA as a waived PPM facility. Our personnel are appropriately trained to perform laboratory services. See attached lab information for listing of in-house and a small listing of some of the outside lab offered in Lab section. |
| Radiology: Wisner Mercy Medical Clinic's radiology services are under the supervision of our physicians. Our Limited Scope technicians perform routine diagnostic procedures at a general skill level. All technicians follow the guidelines required for licensure through the State of Nebraska. Two staff members are trained in Bone Densitometry, which is done on the Norland Dexa scanner at Wayne. Our employees demonstrate knowledge of the principles of assessing and interpreting patient age specific data and provide appropriate, age specific treatment. The staff provides outstanding service to all customers, fosters teamwork and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation. Referral to the Providence Medical Center Radiology department with specialized Radiologists providing expert interpretation of all radiological exams is an added benefit to our patient's health care. |
| Clinic hours are Tuesday 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Thursday 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 9:30 to 12:00 p.m.. After hours the phone is forwarded up to Wayne. The message will instruct patients to contact Providence Medical Center for an emergency after hours. The operator will page the physician on-call for Wisner Mercy Medical Clinic. We have a Physician on call 24 hours a day. The physician will return the call as soon as possible.
The focus of Wisner Mercy Medical Clinic is to provide quality care with an experienced, knowledgeable and friendly staff. |
