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‘One Stop Shop’ Bronx
Docs clinic opens on
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MEMBER:
KYLE VUILLE
For those feeling
under the weather or
looking to make their
annual doctor’s appointment,
Westchester
Square now has a new
option.
BronxDocs with
partnership of nonprofi
t affi liate Emblem
Health, announced the
opening of a new primary
and multi-specialty
facility at 2044
Westchester Avenue on
Monday, December 9.
BronxDocs executive
director Neal Polan
said he and his wife,
Amy, have owned and
operated health clinics
since 2002, but only
opened the fi rst Bronx-
Docs offi ce last February
after taking over
what was once a St.
Barnabas clinic.
Just a month later,
the 932 Southern Boulevard
location was
opened in Hunts Point
and now the third facility
is near Westchester
Square.
“The healthcare industry
has been transitioning
from an institutional
delivery system
to retail delivery system,”
Polan said.
Polan explained a
patient does not have
to go to a major medical
center just to be
seen by a primary care
physician, but can walk
down the street to a
smaller, local clinic to
be seen and receive the
same care they would at
a larger facility.
He considers the
BronxDocs clinics ‘one
stop shops’ with their
specialty cares available,
instead of dealing
with the hassle of referrals
from primary care
services.
Polan said Bronx-
Docs takes pride in how
quick appointments can
be made and followed
through.
Primary care or pediatric
patients can be
seen within 24hours of
making an appointment
and specialty or diagnostic
appointments
within a week.
“The most signifi -
cant value given to the
communities is access,”
Polan said.
BronxDocs sites are
selected strategically,
according to Polan, and
are as followed: the site
is in an underserved
medical community,
the site can add value
to the community in
a culturally sensitive
way and gives the community
the advantage
of having a well funded
and technologically advanced
facility.
The Westchester
Square location is 8,000
square feet, has 20 exam
rooms and offers all the
sub-specialties.
He also applauded
the women’s health
doctor, Dr. Dorcas Morgan,
who works at 2044
Westchester.
Director of clinical
services for BronxDocs
and nurse, Daisy Velloz
now fl oats between the
three locations, but has
worked for Polan for 17
years.
The new location has
a specialized cardiac
rehab program set in
place already.
Velloz said what sets
BronxDocs apart from
other walk-in clinics
is their multiple specialty
services because
it increases the patients
compliance and supplies
patients with what
they need.
What Velloz means
by compliance is making
sure patients make
it to their scheduled appointments
and receive
the corresponding care
for whatever diagnosis
they have.
With that in mind,
Velloz said the new
Westchester Avenue location
will offer evening
and weekend hours in
the near future.
Both Polan and Velloz
shared the same
essential sentiment,
“trying to meet the communities
needs.”
“At BronxDocs, we
consistently strive to deliver
high-quality, community
based medical
care that is patient-centered,
compassionate,
and quality-driven,” Polan
said.
For more information
about BronxDocs,
visit bronxdocs.com
The new BronxDocs clinic located at 2044 Westchester Avenue.
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