Health Center Project
Our mission is to encourage and support continuing health care for
all members of our West Marin community. Vision Our vision is to
build a locally owned medical center that is accessible, affordable,
sustainable, innovative and green. If current trends continue,
within ten years primary care and other health services may
disappear from West Marin. All of our providers, non-profit as well
as for-profit, are teetering between sustainability and
non-viability. The sites currently occupied by our local providers
are cramped, outdated and costly. For several, the future
availability of those spaces is in question. Continuing to do
business without addressing this issue is a major factor putting our
providers at risk. Communities which successfully consolidated
medical services have shown that referral follow-up is twice as
effective, resulting in measurably improved outcomes. The new center
will provide space where health care providers and their patients
can benefit from all services being provided under one roof. As much
care as is practical can be provided locally in this modern
facility. The community can take ownership of their own health care
by helping to insure a sustainable home for these practices. Our
community encompasses a large number of aging and elderly patients
who require more care than a younger population. Many of our aging
community choose to move away because of concerns regarding on-going
health care. We want our elderly to feel confident that the care
available locally is sufficient to keep them in their homes and
community. To retain the bensomething to see