On April 29, Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health will open the nation’s first health and wellness center alongside a major travel hub, according to an April 14 news release shared with Becker’s.
Hackensack Meridian’s Health & Wellness Center at Metropark is built alongside the second-busiest train station in New Jersey. It will keep extended hours so patients can schedule an appointment before or after their daily commute. The center will offer advanced imaging, urgent care, primary care, surgical specialties, medical specialists, pharmacy, physical and occupational therapy, rehabilitation, phlebotomy and more.
“Hackensack Meridian Health continues to create new ways to deliver high quality care and expand access to care for our patients,” Robert Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, said in the release. “By making it easier for people to visit the doctor, we are improving the health of our communities. We expect it will be a model emulated across the country.”
The system is also moving its network headquarters to the upper floors of the new center, which will unite all its corporate employees in a single building.
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