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In 2013, American Family Care acquired Doctors Express, further expanding the reach and available services for the brand. Pre-employment physicals, drug screening and treatment of work related injuries are also available to local employers. Doctors Express provides state-of-the-art treatment for non-life threatening, highly-acute illness and injury (including minor surgical procedures) and has on-site laboratory and digital x-ray services. Further information is available at About AFC Doctors Express Urgent Careįounded by an emergency room physician seeking a more efficient, affordable and convenient system for urgent care patients, Doctors Express walk-in medical centers are sweeping the country as the nation's fastest growing urgent care brand. Other Steward Health Care entities include Steward Medical Group and Steward Home Care. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Norwood Hospital, Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill, Morton Hospital in Taunton, Quincy Medical Center and New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton. Hospitals in the system include Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, St. Headquartered in Boston, Steward is the third largest employer in MA with approximately 17,000 employees serving more than one million patients annually in more than 150 communities. Steward Health Care is the largest fully integrated community care organization and community hospital network in New England. Through this affiliation with Doctors Express, 45 family practice, emergency medicine and internal medicine physicians employed by Doctors Express will join the Steward Health Care Network. Steward now has the largest integrated network of urgent care providers in Massachusetts with 24 affiliated urgent care locations to be opened within the next year. “We are pleased to partner with Steward to offer our patients the option of a more integrated and expedited care experience.”ĭoctors Express has 11 locations in Massachusetts and plans to open 15 more locations in the next two years. “Doctors Express provides urgent care services to patients from all provider networks in the communities where we operate,” explained Dave Adams, Managing Director of Doctors Express centers in Waltham and Burlington.
Steward patients will remain in-network while visiting a Doctors Express location. Clinical notes from a Doctors Express visit will be communicated back to a patient’s primary care physician or specialist for necessary follow up. The average co-pay is $25 and each location is staffed by licensed board-certified or board-eligible physicians.Īs part of this clinical affiliation, Doctors Express physicians will now have access to Steward’s patient portal to evaluate a patient’s clinical history prior to commencing treatment. No appointments or referrals are necessary and all major insurance coverage is accepted.
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Each Doctors Express location offers a full range of urgent care services for patients with common illnesses (such as the flu, strep throat, etc.), cuts, fractures and other non life-threatening injuries. Doctors Express is a convenient extension of a patient’s PCP office. When an urgent medical need arises, a patient’s PCP may not have an available appointment or be open after hours or during the weekend. “This is the latest step toward building an integrated community health network.” “We are fulfilling our vision of providing the full range of quality health care services to patients in the communities where they live,” said Ralph de la Torre, MD, Chairman and CEO of Steward.
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