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Show Clinic opens new wkg LAYTON The newly-completed newly-completed expansion of the Tanner Memorial Clinic is indicative of the changing medical climate and the dramatic population growth in northern Davis County, according to Howard W. Cheney, the facility's facil-ity's administrator. "WHEN I first came to the clinic 16 years ago." he says, "we had five physicians. Today we have 29. and the new wing of our clinic was constructed con-structed for the possible addition of two more floors housing an addition-, ul 14 physicians." But even more important than the growth in numbers is the explosive growth in medical specialization. The clinic, generally known for its primary care, now contains a variety of physician specialists, a trend noticeable nationwide. "THE MLLTI-specialty clinic or group offers advantages both for patients pa-tients and for physicians." says Cheney, "and I predict continued growth, both in Utah and around the nation. The major advantage for patients pa-tients is in the ease of being trans-fered trans-fered to a specialist and the fact that their medical records never leave the building. The advantage for physicians physi-cians is that the group setting is more economical, allowing them to share costs for billing, equipment and other services." The Tanner Memorial Clinic currently cur-rently serves 25.000 families and the growth in patient visits created the need for the new wing, says Cheney. The expansion currently houses the offices of four specialists: Dr. Norman Nor-man Bos and Dr. Charles Bean, orthopedic surgeons: Dr. Mark Bit-ner. Bit-ner. an obstetrician and gynecologist: gynecolo-gist: and Dr. Stephen Johnson, an obstetrician and gynecologist arriving arriv-ing in July. |