Stanford (Calif.) Health Care teamed up with private real estate firm Irvine Company to open on Monday the San Francisco Bay Area's first express care clinic in an apartment community.
The clinic, open every day 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., is housed in the River View Apartment Homes in San Jose, Calif., a luxury apartment community with 1,308 units. It has a staff of 10 primary care physicians and additional nurse practitioners and physician assistants, who will provide consumers with same- and next-day appointments for minor illnesses and injuries, as well as lab services and referrals.
The goal of the partnership is to make care easily accessible and convenient for consumers.
"Modern life is busy and hectic, and convenience and access is really important to people, so offering healthcare to people closer to where they live or work is part of our vision for the future," Sang-ick Chang, MD, associate dean for primary care at Stanford School of Medicine, said in a statement announcing the partnership. He added, "This new partnership will increase access to Stanford's world class faculty and cutting-edge treatments not only for River View residents, but for the entire San Jose community."
Irvine Company has launched similar partnerships with San Diego-based Scripps Health and St. Joseph Hoag Health in Orange County, Calif.
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