Community Health Network and Healthcare Clinic at Select Walgreens Begin Collaboration of Healthcare Services
22 August 2013 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Community Health Network has officially begun its clinical
collaboration with the Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens,
formerly Take Care Clinics, creating one of the largest integrated
continuums of healthcare delivery in Indiana. The goal of the
collaboration is to offer seamless, quality healthcare in a
convenient and accessible manner.
With the Affordable Care Act estimated to bring more than
400,000 new patients into Central Indiana’s healthcare systems
according to the Indiana Hospital Association, the relationship
aims to help address some of the needs and challenges facing both
patients and healthcare providers.
“Between a growing aging population, many with chronic health
conditions, and the influx of new patients resulting from the
Affordable Care Act, Community Health Network and Walgreens are
helping to provide greater access to quality healthcare,” said Tim
Hobbs, MD., chief physician executive at Community Health Network.
“We think consumers can benefit from this type of collaborative
model-when the most integrated healthcare provider in the area
joins forces with Walgreens to deliver more coordinated care that
caters to the needs of patients and the community at large.”
Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens offers immediate treatment
for minor illnesses and injuries, and will also support Community
in the treatment of its patients with chronic diseases, such as
hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol and asthma. The clinics
will also have the ability to assist patients who wish to schedule
follow-up appointments with Community Health Network physicians and
testing/ancillary services.
Within the next several months, the electronic health records of
Healthcare Clinic patients will be fully integrated with Community
CareConnect, the patient-centric, electronic medical records
technology platform owned by Community Health Network. Patients
will also be able to use advanced technology to schedule
appointments at Community Physician Network practices, Healthcare
Clinic sites, MedCheck walk-in clinic locations and imaging
sites.
While Walgreens strongly encourages patients to have a
designated primary care physician and a medical home for ongoing
medical needs, the Community Health Network and Healthcare Clinic
model provides patients with access to quality healthcare seven
days a week, with extended evening and weekend hours. The model
also provides direct communication between Community physicians and
Healthcare Clinic nurse practitioners to facilitate care
coordination.
“With the healthcare system today facing a myriad of challenges,
our clinics can play an important role in enhancing patient access
to quality, convenient and affordable care,” said Alan E. London,
chief medical officer, Healthcare Clinic. “Working with a highly
integrated health system such as Community Health Network offers an
ideal opportunity to further coordinate patient care in the Central
Indiana region. We look forward to working together to help
patients in these communities get, stay, and live well.”
Healthcare Clinic locations at the following Walgreens locations
are partnering with Community as part of the initiative:
- Carmel: 1215 S. Range Line
Road
- Greenwood: 1290 N. State Road
135
- Greenwood: 700 US 31 South
- Indianapolis: 6191 N. Keystone
Avenue
- Indianapolis: 11020 Pendleton
Pike
- Indianapolis: 1530 N. Meridian
Street
- Indianapolis: 8905 E. 10th
Street
About Community Health Network
Ranked among the nation’s most integrated healthcare systems,
Community Health Network is Central Indiana’s leader in providing
convenient access to exceptional healthcare services, where and
when patients need them—in hospitals, health pavilions and doctor’s
offices, as well as workplaces, schools and homes. As a non-profit
health system with over 200 sites of care and affiliates throughout
Central Indiana, Community’s full continuum of care integrates
hundreds of physicians, specialty and acute care hospitals, surgery
centers, home care services, MedChecks, behavioral health and
employer health services. To learn more, visit eCommunity.com or
call 800-777-7775.
About Walgreens
As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2012 sales
of $72 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to be the
first choice in health and daily living for everyone in America,
and beyond. Each day, Walgreens provides more than 6 million
customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer
goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and
wellness services and advice in communities across America.
Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty,
infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with respiratory
services. These services improve health outcomes and lower costs
for payers including employers, managed care organizations, health
systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public sector. The
company operates 8,105 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens
subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager of
worksite health and wellness centers, medical practices, and
in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations
throughout the country.
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