Henry Ford Health System

03/08/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/08/2023 13:15

Henry Ford-GoHealth Urgent Care Opens New Center in St. Clair Shores

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (March 8, 2023) - Henry Ford-GoHealth Urgent Care opened a new center in St. Clair Shores today at 21435 Greater Mack Ave., between 8 Mile and 9 Mile. The new location is the 13th Henry Ford-Go Health location to open in Metro Detroit in recent months.

"Convenient access to affordable healthcare is critical in building thriving communities," said Laurie Dietzel, Market Vice President, Henry Ford-GoHealth Urgent Care. "Whether you're a resident of St. Clair Shores, the Grosse Pointes or just passing through, we look forward to providing high-quality care to residents of this outstanding community. We are proud to expand our partnership with Henry Ford Health and to continue improving the health of Metro Detroit."

Since last year, Henry Ford-GoHealth centers have opened in Berkley, Bloomfield Hills, Bruce Township, Canton, Chesterfield, Clinton Township, Dearborn Heights, Fraser, Livonia, Southgate and West Bloomfield. Additional centers in Taylor and Southfield are expected to open soon. For details about all Henry Ford-GoHealth locations, visit gohealthuc.com/henry-ford.

About the new St. Clair Shores center

The new location will offer treatment for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries, on-site X-ray services, COVID-19 testing and flu vaccines. Healthcare providers at Henry Ford-GoHealth can also prescribe and fill COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments if clinically indicated after evaluation. The center will serve the community from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

"Our community has become accustomed to on-demand, seamlessly connected services that are affordable and accessible, including healthcare," said Doug Ditri, Henry Ford Health's Chief Operating Officer of System Ambulatory Operations. "Our partnership provides Metro Detroit with high-quality urgent care services that are convenient, close to home and more affordable than a trip to the emergency department. With these new urgent care centers, we are making ourselves even more available to our patients where and when they need us.

Patients seeking care can be seen quickly and easily by walking into any Henry Ford-GoHealth Urgent Care center or going online to save a spot and pre-register. For details about all Henry Ford-GoHealth locations, visit gohealthuc.com/henry-ford.

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About GoHealth Urgent Care

GoHealth is an on-demand consumer-centric care platform that serves as the digital and physical front door to the health care ecosystem. At GoHealth, we aim to provide timely, accessible and high-quality on-demand care to patients, both virtually and in person, through our technology-enabled and data-driven approach to care and partnerships with market-leading health systems. GoHealth operates over 200 on-demand care centers in the greater New York metropolitan area; the Portland, Oregon-Vancouver, Washington, metropolitan area; the San Francisco Bay Area; Hartford and Southeastern Connecticut; Winston-Salem and Charlotte, North Carolina; St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri; Oklahoma City; Northwest Arkansas; Delaware and Maryland; the greater Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area; the greater Houston, Texas metropolitan area and Northern Virginia. GoHealth Urgent Care is a portfolio company of TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG, which has more than $114 billion of assets under management.

About Henry Ford Health

Serving communities across Michigan and beyond, Henry Ford Health is committed to partnering with patients and members along their entire health journey. Henry Ford Health provides a full continuum of services - from primary and preventative care, to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other healthcare retail.

It is one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, recognized for clinical excellence in cancer care, cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, and multi-organ transplants. Consistently ranked among the top five NIH-funded institutions in Michigan, Henry Ford Health engages in more than 2,000 research projects annually. Equally committed to educating the next generation of health professionals, Henry Ford Health trains more than 4,000 medical students, residents and fellows every year across 50+ accredited programs.

With more than 33,000 valued team members, Henry Ford Health is also among Michigan's largest and most diverse employers, including nearly 6,000 physicians and researchers from the Henry Ford Medical Group, Henry Ford Physician Network and Jackson Health Network.

The health system is led by President and CEO Robert G. Riney and serves a growing number of customers across 250+ locations throughout Michigan, including five acute care hospitals, two destination facilities for complex cancer and orthopedics and sports medicine care, three behavioral health facilities, primary care and urgent care centers.