Contact Mary Margaret Colliver
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Kentucky Clinic North will be located at the
corner of East Third Street and Elm Tree Lane. The clinic will be open from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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LEXINGTON, KY (Sept. 13, 1999)--The University
of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center today held a ceremonial groundbreaking at the new site
for Kentucky Clinic North. The community-oriented clinic, which will continue to provide
primary care in a medically underserved area of Lexington, is located at the corner of
East Third Street and Elm Tree Lane. Kentucky Clinic North currently is located at its
interim site on Third Street, across from the fire station. Expected completion is April
2000. Initial funds to develop the new clinic came from a one-time Medicaid payment
awarded to UK Hospital in 1995. Medicaid allows states to match federal funds to extend
care to medically underserved populations. The development of the clinic in an underserved
area of Lexington is in line with the purposes of these funds.
The goal of establishing a clinic for primary care reflects UK’s commitment to
improve the health status of underserved residents of Lexington. It also increases the
University’s community involvement by providing an opportunity to bring many of its
programs closer to neighborhoods that do not have convenient access to its resources.
The new facility will be operated by Health Associates of Kentucky and leased from Elm
Tree Medical Plaza, LLC.
Kentucky Clinic North will be a 9,600-square-foot facility with 11 exam rooms,
including four dental exam chairs, a patient education room, a laboratory, X-ray and EKG
capabilities. The full-service clinic will be staffed by Travis Lawson, M.D., a primary
care physician and medical director of the clinic, a nurse practitioner, a dentist, a
pharmacist, a nurse, medical assistants, and receptionists. A caseworker from the Kentucky
Department of Social Insurance also will be on staff. With wellness as a high priority,
the UK Chandler Medical Center, in the future, also will support a health education
program geared to prevention. The clinic will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m.
All of the services to be offered in the permanent site have not been finalized. Area
residents will be actively involved in the further development of Kentucky Clinic North
and the services provided.
Future initiatives may include staffing the clinic with more physicians and other
health professionals. Extended hours are planned as the demand for patient care increases.
UK will work with residents of the underserved area to identify services that residents of
the area use or need, but may have difficulty accessing. |
