HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Clinic is slowly opening back up and bringing patient services back up to speed in the wake of the pandemic.
“We are beginning to open some of our physician practices back up to more hours in the day,” CEO Michael Heck said. “The volume interest in patients is growing and so we’re welcoming patients back and opening schedules.”
While the clinic is restoring services to patients, there are still some restrictions for visiting the clinic.
“They just need to call in and check in through our call center and get an appointment with a physician and they’ll be advised of our normal processes,” Heck said. “We’re checking temperatures and doing a little background check at the door to make sure it’s good for them to come into the clinic. If they have any respiratory issues they’re still going to our respiratory clinic where we’ve isolated patients.”
The clinic had to cut back on services and personnel at the beginning of the pandemic, but as services increase so will staff.
“We’re going to do that gradually as we expand the physician hours and our facilities,” Heck noted. “As we open the doctor clinics back up, we’ll expand the hours of the employees.”
At full strength, the clinic has more than 100 physicians and providers and more than 600 employees.