Carol Lee Taylor
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 53
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With an increase in aging and uninsured in the U.S. population, there has been an increase in individuals seeking primary health care. In addition,many physicians have left rural communities or only stay a short time and many independent Nurse Practitioners (NPs) have started their own practices. In many instances, nurse practitioners have identified difficulties in the management aspect of their businesses as well as problems meeting the need to increase health care access and satisfaction for the clients. While many authors have discussed satisfaction and access to health care, the financial difficulties that arise in a private practice often need improvements for the enterprise to be sustainable. Approximately 30 years of comparison studies have demonstrated NPs are equitable to physicians concerning quality of care, satisfaction, and cost effectiveness. The purpose of this project is to ascertain if the NP owned Rural Health Care (RHC), a Limited Liability Company (LLC) located in rural New Mexico (NM), will meet the objectives in providing better access to care and client satisfaction by improving the business management systems and thus increase profits compared to the past performance. With more management efficiency and profits, it is expected that access to care and client satisfaction will be improved and will add to the retention of clients and ultimately, revenues. The market and risk analysis revealed the need for a NP enterprise and the study demonstrated a good outcome. After an evaluation of the positive results, a repeat study is recommended to test the vailidity and reliability of the modified survey.