![]() ![]() “I’m going to see my patients at Fred Meyer on the weekends. “It’s important to know that we’re hiring people who live and work in the same community,” Markegard said. What will truly set the new clinic apart, Markegard said, will be the employees. There will also be phlebotomy services at the clinic so that patient blood draws can be done one site. In addition, there will be a digital X-ray machine at the new facility, which allows Markegard or other doctors there to view images in person, or to look at them during phone consultations with a radiologist at the hospital in Renton. There will be one physician per shift at the urgent care, something she said is important because not all urgent care clinics offer that service in the region. Markegard noted that she is in the process of hiring doctors for the urgent care side of the clinic, which will be open 8 a.m. It’s better for us and better for patient care to have an urgent care because then we have access to their medical information (electronically).” “You no longer have to drive into Covington for urgent care. “That’s another bonus for the community,” Markegard said. Opening the new facility with primary and urgent care services will fill another gap in health care offerings in Maple Valley, Markegard said. There’s going to be room for about 4,000 patients.” ![]() “(She) has brand new openings for her panel. “(The new facility) meets the demand because even though we have two experienced physicians moving to Maple Valley … we are hiring a new physician who will hopefully build her panel,” Markegard said. Markegard said a new physician coming out of residency will move into the Lake Sawyer clinic. She hired another doctor, Ginger Allen, who has practiced medicine since 2004, to work at the new clinic. Markegard will move over to the new clinic when it opens this summer. With a wide variety of patient needs ranging from children and adults who need yearly checkups to those with health issues such as diabetes that require more frequent visits, Markegard said, it is important to not overload medical providers. We probably have about 11,000 to 12,000 patients in our panel total. “We have some appointments before 10 a.m., but, otherwise we have to send people to urgent care, which we don’t want to do,” Markegard said. There is also a physician’s assistant and nurse practitioner who see patients. Markegard is one of three physicians who practice at Lake Sawyer. And with the Lake Sawyer clinic at capacity, Markegard said, it makes even more sense. ![]()
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