Wellness
ExpressCare clinic
opens at Metro. hospital
BY BETH DEDMAN
NYC Health + Hospitals opened an
ExpressCare clinic at their Metropolitan
location Feb. 3, the first of
the chain of clinics to open in Manhattan,
according to a press release.
The clinic will treat non-life-threatening
conditions such as colds, flu, sprains,
rashes, minor cuts and lacerations and
certain types of infections, according to the
press release. It will operate seven days a
week from 6 p.m. to midnight on weekdays
and 10 a.m. to midnight on weekends and
holidays.
The clinic will provide faster treatment
for these conditions than would be available
in the emergency department, according to
the press release. The physicians employed
at the clinic will also help connect patients
to primary care doctors in the NYC Health
+ Hospitals system for follow-up care.
Redirecting non-life-threatening treatment
from the emergency department will
help reduce wait times for patients in need
of immediate emergency care, said Alina
Moran, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/
Metropolitan, in the press release.
“We are excited to add a new health care
option for the community we serve in East
Harlem and upper Manhattan,” Moran said
in the press release.
This is the fourth ExpressCare clinic in
the NYC Health + Hospital system, with
other locations in Elmhurst, Lincoln and
Queens, according to the press release.
The clinic will operate in a shared space
with the Geriatric Outpatient Services until
construction on the permanent location
is complete in several months, said Noel
Alicea, the public relations representative
for NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan.
NYC Council Member Diana Ayala, the
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representative for District 8, helped secure
the $1.6 million for the construction of the
clinic.
“The new ExpressCare Clinic at Metropolitan
Hospital will help ensure patients
are receiving high-quality medical care
promptly and close to home,” Ayala said
in the press release. “I am proud to have
worked with the Mayor’s Office to secure
additional funding for the clinic’s future
space, and in the interim, I look forward
to welcoming this vital resource to the
community.”
NYC Council Member Ben Kallos, the
representative for District 5, attended the
opening ceremony in support of Ayala.
He thinks that the clinic will alleviate the
needs of the large community of seniors
and families within the surrounding area.
“The opening of this new ExpressCare
Clinic at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan
is a huge win for our community,”
Kallos said in the press release. “We all
get sick and need to be able to walk into
a clinic and get the help we need, easily
and quickly. This clinic will fulfill a need
in the community making residents safer
and healthier.”
NYC Health + Hospitals collaborated
with OneCity Health to create the clinical
model for the ExpressCare clinics. The
model is designed to support Medicaid
Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment
program goals to reduce avoidable hospital
use by 25% by 2020.
ExpressCare clinics will accept most
insurance plans, but insurance is not required
to receive care. Appointments are
not necessary.
NYC Health + Hospitals plans to
expand the ExpressCare model to other
public health system facilities in the coming
months.
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16 February 13, 2020 Schneps Media