Jan. 1—CLARK COUNTY — Development alongside tenth Road in Jeffersonville led to 2 main healthcare developments in 2022.
Each Baptist Well being and Clark Memorial labored to increase protection into the River Ridge space of Jeffersonville with model new pressing care and emergency room services.
Baptist Well being Emergency Room and Pressing Care, 3516 E. tenth Road, Jeffersonville, opened in August.
The state-of-the-art facility has handled 10,0000 sufferers since opening on Aug. 15.
“We stood right here, I suppose somewhat greater than a 12 months in the past, to interrupt floor on the realm’s first hybrid emergency division and pressing care,” stated Dr. Jody Prather, chief of technique and advertising and marketing officer for Baptist Well being, throughout a ribbon chopping ceremony on Aug. 12. “And now it is particularly thrilling as we’re on the point of open the doorways on Monday at this extraordinary state-of-the-art facility.”
The medical middle has seven examination rooms. Sufferers are capable of get X-rays, ultrasounds, labs, CT scans and extra on the location.
Baptist Well being partnered with Dallas-based Intuitive Well being for the ability, which focuses on clear billing for providers.
Officers stated which means sufferers will solely be billed for the extent of care they obtain.
“We construct our care, our services across the sufferers to make it simpler for them,” stated Baptist Well being Floyd President Mike Schroyer on the groundbreaking. “Bringing extra providers to them, as we will with this state-of-the-art facility, will present sufferers with the identical degree of care.”
Clark Memorial Well being will open a free-standing emergency room and healthcare workplaces within the Spring of 2023 in Jeffersonville Commons, subsequent to the Kroger.
The healthcare system stated the ability can be open 24 hours per day, seven days per week and can be outfitted with eight emergency examination rooms and two trauma rooms.
“Healthcare for therefore lengthy anticipated individuals to return to their services,” stated Clark Memorial Well being CEO Martin Padgett in an interview with the Information and Tribune earlier this 12 months. “Now we’re taking the providers out to the group. That is a rising space in our group each when it comes to residential and companies. We need to have our providers on the market.”
Imaging providers corresponding to X-rays, CT scans and MRI may also be obtainable on weekdays.
Folks postpone healthcare providers through the pandemic and Clark Memorial’s management connects individuals to the River Ridge space and meets them the place they’re.
The power may also home main care medication, behavioral well being providers and medical spa providers.
Behavioral well being providers will embody particular person remedy, group remedy and drugs.
Medical spa providers will embody issues like physique contouring, laser hair elimination and facials.