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New Iowa clinic set to provide personal care to small number of patients Share Updated: 8:54 AM CST Feb 11, 2021 Share Updated: 8:54 AM CST Feb 11, 2021
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Show Transcript ON WESTTOWN PARKWAY. TOMMIE: DR. JON VAN DER VEER HAS A NEW VISION FOR IOWANS. HE TELLS ME HE WAS SICK OF SEEING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FAILURES. SAYING, OFFICES ARE SEEING TOO MANY PEOPLE IN TOO LITTLE TIME, AND MISSING WHAT MATTERS MOST. THAT’S WHY HE IS ABOUT TO OPEN EXEMPLAR CARE, JUST OFF JORDAN CREEK PARKWAY. THE PRACTICE WILL DELIVER PERSONAL CARE TO A SMALLER NUMBER OF PATIENTS, ALLOWING THE PATIENT AND PROVIDER TO DEVELOP A BETTER RELATIONSHIP. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE SAYS IT WILL HOUSE THE METRO’S FIRST 24-HOUR URGENT CARE CLINIC AND 23-HOUR OBSERVATION AREA FOR PATIENTS. HE SAYS THE CLINIC WILL PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY UNMATCHED BY CURRENT STANDARDS. AND HOPES OTHERS WILL FOLLOW SUIT, ONCE THE MODEL KICKS OFF MONDAY. THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF A KIND. IT’S T