Dr. Cherlin Johnson became an Emergency Room doctor because she wanted to help people. But years of working in an ER left her frustrated because she wasn't able to give all her patients the attention they deserved.
Dr. Johnson explains how she felt like she was always having to juggle the patients with threatening illness and those with non life-threatening illnesses. She says it was next to impossible to give every patient the care she wanted to give them and that it was a constant and frustrating juggle. She says it turned out the people in the ER with non life-threatening illnesses were put at the back of the line so doctors could concentrate on the more seriously ill. She says that wasn't fair to the patients and they often felt frustrated and had to wait a really, really long time.
That wasn't acceptable to Dr. Johnson so she created Executive ER. It's the first free standing non life-threatening emergency medicine clinic in the country It has an in office laboratory, Iv infusion capabilities, IV medications, EKG and a splinting room. It even has its own rehab facility. Dr. Johnson teamed up with chiropractor Dr. Daniel Jacobsen because she knew many people coming to the ER complain of back pain and they need an alternative to an ER to get help. Dr. Jacobsen says when a patient comes in with that back out of place we can set them, mobilize them but then we can also give them pain medications, muscle relaxers and they will be out of pain and can get back to work.
As more and more ER's close throughout the state, and existing ER's get more and more crowded, many people believe a place like Executive ER is more important than ever. People like Brad Schmidt. Schmidt first started coming to Executive ER after getting in a car accident. He liked the quality of care so much and the convenience, he continued coming back for all his health care needs. Schmidt says he doesn't want to have to wait hours and hours in an ER with a broken arm just to have it set. He says he's done that before but he's glad he doesn't have to do that again. He says he'll continue coming to Executive ER because it's convenient and all the doctors are so helpful.
Dr. Johnson says not only is it convenient for her patients, it's cost effective too. She says because their clinic has significantly less overhead than a hospital, the cost of treatment is at least a tenth of what it would be if it was performed in a hospital. Executive ER takes most forms of insurance and Dr. Johnson's hope is to use it as a model to replicate all over the country. For more information go to www.ExecutiveER.com
Dr. Johnson explains how she felt like she was always having to juggle the patients with threatening illness and those with non life-threatening illnesses. She says it was next to impossible to give every patient the care she wanted to give them and that it was a constant and frustrating juggle. She says it turned out the people in the ER with non life-threatening illnesses were put at the back of the line so doctors could concentrate on the more seriously ill. She says that wasn't fair to the patients and they often felt frustrated and had to wait a really, really long time.
That wasn't acceptable to Dr. Johnson so she created Executive ER. It's the first free standing non life-threatening emergency medicine clinic in the country It has an in office laboratory, Iv infusion capabilities, IV medications, EKG and a splinting room. It even has its own rehab facility. Dr. Johnson teamed up with chiropractor Dr. Daniel Jacobsen because she knew many people coming to the ER complain of back pain and they need an alternative to an ER to get help. Dr. Jacobsen says when a patient comes in with that back out of place we can set them, mobilize them but then we can also give them pain medications, muscle relaxers and they will be out of pain and can get back to work.
As more and more ER's close throughout the state, and existing ER's get more and more crowded, many people believe a place like Executive ER is more important than ever. People like Brad Schmidt. Schmidt first started coming to Executive ER after getting in a car accident. He liked the quality of care so much and the convenience, he continued coming back for all his health care needs. Schmidt says he doesn't want to have to wait hours and hours in an ER with a broken arm just to have it set. He says he's done that before but he's glad he doesn't have to do that again. He says he'll continue coming to Executive ER because it's convenient and all the doctors are so helpful.
Dr. Johnson says not only is it convenient for her patients, it's cost effective too. She says because their clinic has significantly less overhead than a hospital, the cost of treatment is at least a tenth of what it would be if it was performed in a hospital. Executive ER takes most forms of insurance and Dr. Johnson's hope is to use it as a model to replicate all over the country. For more information go to www.ExecutiveER.com
