Fairbury Clinic P.C. in Fairbury, Nebraska

It is the intention of The Fairbury Clinic, P.C. to provide the highest standards of medical care and practice to the patients who present themselves for evaluation or treatment. This care shall be provided regardless of sex, race, creed, color, national origin or economic status. We will provide quality care by identifying and meeting the psychological, physiological and sociological needs of each individual patient.

We further state that the medical staff is an integral part of the health care team and will integrate our activities in research and education to meet the needs of both the patient and the health care team.

The Fairbury Clinic, P.C. incorporated under the current name in 1975, but there was a Fairbury Clinic for many years before that date. The building at the current location was built in 1967 and expanded in 1998.

We have a very close working relationship with Jefferson Community Health Center. Our Doctors and Physician Assistants provide emergency room care at the hospital as well as in-patient services. We refer many patients, when necessary, to the visiting specialist at JCHC for out-patient services. Some of our own out-patient procedures, such as colonoscopy, are done at JCHC.

Medical Care

The clinic staff furnishes diagnostic and therapeutic services an supplies furnished in a physician office. These include: medical history, physical examination, assessment of health status, treatment for a variety of medical conditions.
The clinic provides basic laboratory services essential to the immediate diagnosis and treatment of the patient. See attached section on laboratory services.
The clinic provides x-ray services.
The clinic provides medical emergency procedures as a first response to common life-threatening injuries and acute illnesses, and has available the drugs and biologicals commonly used in life saving procedures, such as analgesics, anesthetics (local), antibiotics, anticonvulsant, antidotes and emetics, serums and toxoids.
EKG

The clinic refers it’s patients on an emergency or regular basis to Jefferson Community Health Center (JCHC). JCHC provides emergency, outpatient and inpatient, and skilled care to patients from the clinic.

Additional and specialized diagnostic laboratory and x-ray services not available at the clinic are also provided at JCHC.

All services offered by the clinic are furnished in accordance with the applicable Federal, State and Local laws. The clinic is primarily engaged in providing family practice outpatient health services.

DESCRIPTION OF CLINIC SERVICES FURNISHED DIRECTLY:

Routine health care maintenance
Well baby checks
Minor surgical procedures
Prenatal care
Administrative health care examinations
Diagnostic and therapeutic services and supplies
Other services provided consisting of primary medical care

CLINIC SERVICES FURNISHED THROUGH AGREEMENT OR ARRANGEMENT:

Hospital admissions including swing bed care
Nursing home admissions and subsequent visits and care
Emergency room care
Home health care
Physical therapy
Laboratory and x-ray
Lifeline
Cardiac rehab
Consulting specialists
Occupational therapy
Diabetic teaching
Dietary counseling
Speech therapy

LABORATORY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CLINIC INCLUDE:

Chemical examinations of urine by stick or tablet methods or both
(including urine ketones)
Hemoglobin or hematocrit
Blood sugar
Stool specimens for occult blood
Pregnancy tests
Primary culturing for transferring to certified laboratory
Microscopic exam of urine
White blood count
Differential WBC
Platelet count
Prothrombin time
Uric acid
Potassium
Sodium
Creatinine
Nasal smear for eosinophils
Vaginal wet smear
Sedimentation rate
KOH
Monotest
Anal slide for pin worms