Geisinger Careworks retail clinic featured in New York Times
May 18, 2009, DANVILLE, PA - Geisinger’s Careworks Convenient Healthcare™ retail clinics were featured in a recent New York Times article entitled, Hospitals Begin to Move Into Supermarkets.
New York Times reporter Milt Freudenheim, accompanied by a staff photographer, interviewed staff and patients at the Careworks Convenient Healthcare site in Allentown, which Geisinger operates in partnership with Lehigh Valley Health Network.
According to Dean Lin, chief executive officer of Careworks Convenient Healthcare retail clinics, “Retail clinics like Careworks are unique in that they support an integrated system of local care, collaborating---not competing---with area health providers. We provide non-emergent care to patients who might delay or avoid seeking treatment. We can also improve the reliability of providing preventative health. We have tremendous opportunities to support traditional healthcare resources by linking these individuals to primary care providers whenever possible.”
Dr. Will Miller, the chairman of family medicine doctors with practicing privileges at Lehigh Valley Health’s hospital in Allentown says he is a big supporter of the retail clinics. They fill a need for longer hours and walk-in care in a convenient location, he said.
In addition to the Allentown site, Geisinger operates Careworks Clinics in Weis-owned Supermarkets in Clarks Summit, Schnecksville, Stroudsburg and Tannersville.
To read the story, click here http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/business/12clinic.html
About Careworks Convenient Healthcare
Careworks Convenient Healthcare (Careworks) is operated through Geisinger Ventures, the entrepreneurial arm of Geisinger Health System. Careworks retail clinics provide diagnosis and treatment for common medical ailments in well-known retail settings. As one of the early health system entrants in the convenient care movement, Careworks also collaborates with leading health systems to develop retail clinics, providing consulting, development and management services. Careworks is a founding member of the Convenient Care Association. For more information, visit www.mycareworks.com.
About Geisinger Health System
Founded in 1915, Geisinger Health System (Danville, PA) is one of the nation’ s largest integrated health services organizations. Serving more than two million residents throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania, the physician-led organization is at the forefront of the country’s rapidly emerging electronic health records movement. Geisinger is comprised of three medical center campuses, a 700-member group practice, a not-for-profit health insurance company and the Center for Health Research—dedicated to creating innovative new models for patient care, satisfaction and clinical outcomes. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org.