The clinic as a good corporate neighbor

摘要

Abstract Clinics today specialize in health repair servicessimilar to car repair shops; procedures and prices are standardized,regulated, and inflexibly uniform. Clinics of the futurehave to become Health Care Centers in order to bemore respected and more effective corporate neighbors inoffering outreach services in health education and preventivehealth care. The traditional concept of care for health ismuch broader than repair management and includes thepromotion of lay health competence and responsibility inhealthy social and natural environments. The corporateprofile and ethics of the clinic as a good and competitivelocal neighbor will have to focus on [a] better personalizedcare, [b] education and services in preventive care, [c] director web-based information and advice for general, seasonal,or age related health risks, and on developing andimproving trustworthy character traits of the clinic as a corporateperson and a good neighbor.