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August 1, 2008
Marquette General Heath System, Shopko
to open Marquette FastCare Clinic in Escanaba
Marquette General Health System and Shopko announced today they are opening a Marquette General FastCare clinic on Monday, August 18, in the Escanaba Shopko store, located in the Delta Plaza Mall. MGHS will also be opening a Marquette General FastCare clinic in the Marquette Shopko store in September.
Marquette General FastCare is a retail health clinic exclusive to MGHS and Shopko that provides convenient and economical health care services for the public for many basic health conditions.
Marquette General FastCare provides health care services for the general public, not just MGHS patients, for minor conditions and symptoms. The cost for a FastCare visit is $45, which will include an exam and most lab tests, and can be billed to the patient’s insurance carrier. Among the types of conditions seen and treated are sore throat, fever, flu and cold, ear and sinus infection, and allergies.
David Shahbazi, MD
“We are excited to be able to expand the community’s access to quality health care services with Shopko,” said David Shahbazi, MD, medical director for Marquette General FastCare in both Escanaba and Marquette. “Marquette General FastCare is an affordable and convenient option for families in the Escanaba area.”
Marquette General FastCare in Escanaba will be staffed by MGHS Nurse Practitioner Bonita Moisio and Physician Assistant Stephen Messimer.
Moisio has previously held positions as a nurse’s aide and assistant nurse manager for various departments at Marquette General Hospital. Moisio earned her bachelor’s degree, nursing degree and master’s of nursing degree from Northern Michigan University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University. A native of Newberry, Moisio is certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
With over 20 years of experience as a physician assistant, Messimer has worked as a PA at Manistique Tribal Health Center, Bay de Noc Family Health Center, was director of technical development for UPHEC, and was an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Family Practice - College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Iowa State University, and a master’s in physician assistant studies from Mercy College of Detroit.
Marquette General FastCare will have convenient hours:
Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.,
Saturdays 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sundays 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
and holidays that Shopko is open 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Marquette General FastCare will take walk-in patients only, ages 18 months and older, and waits are expected to be non-existent or minimal. Should there be a wait, people can take a silent pager that can be used in the store and will alert patients when the provider is ready.
Fast pharmacy service will be provided based on immediate transmittal of prescriptions to the Shopko pharmacy or the pharmacy of the patient’s choice.
To ensure quality services, Marquette General FastCare has followed the attributes for retail clinics as defined by the American Academy of Family Physicians. These include offering to send each person’s primary care physician a report following the visit, having a well-defined and limited scope of clinical services with treatment plans that are evidence-based, and having a system for referring patients to physicians when symptoms exceed the clinic’s scope of services.
About Marquette General
Marquette General Health System based in Marquette, Michigan, comprises Marquette General Hospital, a 315-bed Regional Medical Center, clinics, and offices in 13 communities and an assisted living facility. MGHS employs approximately 2,500 people throughout Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and northeastern Wisconsin. A teaching hospital with a medical staff of more than 200 doctors in 64 specialties and subspecialties, Marquette General is also a Level II Trauma Center and a 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospital 2006 and 2007.
Comprehensive services include cardiac care, cancer care, neurosciences, rehabilitation, behavioral health, imaging, vascular services, surgery including bariatrics, women’s & children’s services, and home health & hospice. Marquette General is home to the regional NICU, and is a recognized leader in telehealth technology.
About Shopko
Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC is an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a leading private investment firm focused on leverage buyouts, equity, debt, and other investments in market-leading companies that can benefit from its in-house operating professionals and experience. Shopko is a $2.2 billion retailer of quality goods and services headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., with stores located in 13 states throughout the Midwest, Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions. Retail formats include 133 Shopko stores, providing quality name-brand merchandise, great values, pharmacy and optical services in small to mid-sized cities and three Shopko Express Rx stores, a convenient neighborhood drugstore concept. For more information, please visit www.shopko.com.
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