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:
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Carmel: 1215 S. Range Line Road
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Greenwood: 1290 N. State Road 135
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Greenwood: 700 US 31 South
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Indianapolis: 6191 N. Keystone Avenue
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Indianapolis: 11020 Pendleton Pike
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Indianapolis: 1530 N. Meridian Street
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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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