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Family Medicine Center
Mercy Family Medicine
12680 Olive Blvd., Suite 300
Phone number: 314-251-8888
Fax number: 314-251-8889
Mercy Family Medicine is located 5 to 10 minutes from
St. John's Mercy
Medical Center. The facility is state-of-the-art, featuring a wireless EMR, onsite radiology,
lab, pharmacy, physical therapy and dietary services.
We see
on average 30,000 patients per year in our office. Our patient
population includes approximately 60% managed care, 15% Medicare,
and 10% Medicaid. A large volume of patient contact with our staff
is via telephone.
Our staff
take an active role in teaching the residents, especially
contributing as part of the practice management curriculum.
Some of our staff members have been part of Mercy Family Medicine
for 5 to 10 years.
Family Medicine Center Telephone Medicine
Residents answer calls for their own patients seen in the family practice office during regular business hours; during the week the after hours on call resident takes calls for all residents' patients. Sunday call is delegated to a resident who is on an elective for the month. Second and third year residents are assigned four to five Sunday calls throughout the entire year. Patients are encouraged to view the resident as their private physician and vice versa. Call for faculty physician patients is handle by the individual faculty physicians in a similar manner.
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