Southeast Baltimore’s state-of-the-art community medical center, which provides preventive and primary care for patients regardless of ability to pay, opens Monday.
The health center will open at Yard 56, a new complex adjacent to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and will be the newest facility to be operated by the Baltimore Medical System. The medical system said in a news release Wednesday that it is caring for about 20,000 new patients in East Baltimore and has 54 care rooms.
The Baltimore Medical System is the largest federally licensed health center system in the state. This means reaching patients regardless of insurance status or ability to pay to reduce health disparities among low-income individuals, racial and ethnic minorities, rural communities and healthcare providers. Other underserved people. Caring for more than 60,000 patients annually, in Baltimore he operates eight health centers, three pharmacies and eight school-based health facilities.
A news release said the system’s newest site would be the first to offer dental care. We have received grants from the Maryland Community Health Resources Board for this purpose. In addition to dentistry, the site will also offer family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, behavioral health, and pharmacy care.
It will also serve as the new headquarters for the administrative office of the Baltimore Health System.
The Baltimore Medical System said in a release that the center’s proximity to Johns Hopkins University Bayview will strengthen the relationship between the two organizations. Patients at the Bayview Children’s Health Clinic and Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic will begin receiving care at the new health center on Monday.
Construction of the new health center was led by Baltimore-based developer David Bramble and MCB Real Estate, the system said. Grants from the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Medical Resource Services, the France Merrick Foundation, and the Middendorf Foundation are supporting the new center.
Shirley Sutton, president and CEO of Baltimore Medical Systems, said in a news release: “We have been eagerly awaiting the opening of a state-of-the-art community health center at Yard 56 for several years. “We are excited to officially open our doors to patients.” release. “Easy access to high-quality, affordable medical services for all neighborhoods and for city residents living in the surrounding areas is critical. [Johns Hopkins Bayview] You now have a state-of-the-art medical facility near your home designed to meet all your major and specialty medical needs, including dental care. “
