New patient care and access features to be introduced at the center’s two practices
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WellSpan officials participate in the official ground breaking ceremonies for the Aspers Health Center.
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With construction already well underway, WellSpan formally celebrated the groundbreaking of the WellSpan Aspers Health Center on Monday, Oct. 5.
When it opens in the summer of 2010 the health center will offer people of upper Adams County convenient access to primary health care services as well as outpatient lab and imaging services.
WellSpan Aspers Health Center will be the new home to two established medical group practices – Biglerville Family Medicine and both locations of Adams Cumberland Family Medicine.
The practices will relocate to the Aspers Health Center and operate as separate practices within the same facility.
“The Aspers Health Center demonstrates our commitment to making quality health care services available and convenient for people in upper Adams County which will be critical as the area continues to grow,” said Thomas McGann, M.D., president of WellSpan Medical Group and senior vice president of WellSpan Health.
WellSpan Lab Services at the Aspers Health Center will offer patients a convenient location for routine blood draws, urine collection and specimen drop off.
The health center’s imaging services will initially consist of general diagnostic x-ray with the potential for other imaging modalities to be added with the changing needs of the area.
In addition to housing the primary care practices and outpatient services, WellSpan Aspers Health Center is being designed around a new patient care philosophy.
During the project’s development stage, WellSpan Medical Group leaders spent extensive time researching physician care models around the country.
The Aspers Health Center will incorporate several new patient care and access features that will serve as a model for other WellSpan Medical Group practices in Adams and York counties.
“The new patient care and access features we plan to introduce at the Aspers Health Center are designed to offer improved, individualized patient care and attention as well as have a positive impact on the job satisfaction of our staff and physicians,” McGann said.
The new care model calls for patients’ individual time with clinical staff to be expanded to ensure that necessary tests, immunizations and questions are fully addressed.
Special attention will also be given to the conclusion of each patient’s visit. Clinical staff will take the time to give their patient printed instructions, a medication list and forms for lab work or other tests that the patient requires. Clinical staff will also work to schedule future appointments for the patient while in the exam room.
Once implemented, these new models of patient care and access will be rolled out to other medical group practices.
The 15,500-square-foot WellSpan Aspers Health Center will be located at 2060 Carlisle Road near the communities of Aspers and Bendersville. The project will cost an estimated $5.7 million.
