For everyone who’s broken a bone, you know the feeling – that initial snap and stab of pain, followed by the weight in your gut as you realize what just happened. Depending on the injury, the next few months could be filled with immobility and inconvenience as your body struggles to recover. Suddenly, the simplest tasks like driving and bathing feel impossible, or in some cases, dangerous.
The last thing you want to do is wait to get help. The team at Hillsdale Orthopedics understands how important it is for a patient to receive care right away.
“We aim to see patients quickly and get them answers or start treatment without unnecessary waiting,” said Ken Rubin, nurse practitioner.
This team understands that a patient needing orthopedic care is probably frustrated and in pain. Through X-rays, talking with your physician and establishing a care Community First: Overcoming Barriers to Orthopedic Care plan, it’s obvious how much the orthopedic team cares about each patient. Because the clinic is local, each team member is more like a neighbor than one of many clinical employees, and that personal touch stands out.
In a single day, many kinds of patients can walk through the clinic doors: a soccer player with a broken knee, a senior with debilitating arthritis, a mom unable to care for her children because of an arm fracture — all in need of care as quickly as possible. Barriers to care not only interfere with your appointment, but also affect the patients coming after you.
Sometimes, an injury can’t be seen until swelling has gone down, patient access to transportation is limited, or appointments are interrupted by a power outage in the clinic. Because of barriers like these, Hillsdale Orthopedics creates as timely and effective an experience as possible for every patient. In addition to orthopedic surgeons, advanced practice providers conduct initial appointments and support the clinic with highly skilled care. The team is also planning to purchase a generator so that providers can still access patient charts and receive X-ray results during power outages.
Above all, the team’s standards do not change, regardless of whatever barriers they face. Through everything, the community comes first.
