The VCMC Department of Ambulatory Care outpatient system is comprised of two major elements: the satellite clinic system offering primary care; and the campus based clinics offering specialist services.

Satellite Clinics
The physicians and staff of the Ambulatory Care Department have developed a workable system to deliver primary medical care at the local community level, where the patient lives or attends school. Patients receive routine checkups, immunizations, treatment for common acute illnesses, treatment of minor injuries, early detection and treatment of common chronic conditions associated with aging, minor surgery procedures, pregnancy care before and after childbirth, family planning service, counseling on health matters, and screening for referral to specialized medical services.

Campus Clinics
Patients with medical needs beyond primary care or general medicine are referred to the specialized medical services and clinics generally located on or adjacent to the VCMC campus in Ventura. These clinics specialize in the practice of internal medicine and deal with a higher complexity of illness. The intent continues to be to maintain the patient in an outpatient setting.

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The Ambulatory Care Department, with its satellite and campus clinics, serves as a major source of outpatient health care for the county's indigent population, and for county residents who do not have access to private physicians. The department provides a wide range of outpatient comprehensive prenatal services, gynecological care, family planning, pediatrics, well-child checkups, surgical services, orthopedics and adult medicine. The goal of the department is to ensure that high quality outpatient care is provided to all patients needing services, regardless of race, creed, color or economic status, and to treat each patient with kindness, consideration and understanding.