The Catalyst Issue 28 | November 2017 | Page 12

RIGHT CARE AT THE RIGHT TIME I t’s a typical, busy day at Westfield Primary Care Clinic in Temple. Around 7 am, the clinic’s four family medicine physicians, three nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants, physician assistant, psychologist, and other staff arrive and prepare for the 12 THE CATALYST Fall 17 | bswhealth.com 200 patients they’ll see that day. Primary care physician Marlow Griggs, MD, who trained as a medical student and resident at Baylor Scott & White and joined the Westfield clinic in 2015, “huddles” with her team, making a plan for each of the 22 people they’ll see as a team in the next eight hours. “When patients come in, we want them to know they are with people who truly care about them and want the best for them,” says Dr. Griggs. “With all the complex things that can go on with patients,