CHDC on the Cover of the Route 422 Business Advisor - November 2024
We are proud to share that our newest office in Boyertown has been featured as the Cover Story for the November 2024 issue of the Route 422 Business Advisor! Read the full story to learn about our newest location in Boyertown, expanded services, and how we are working to address the growing need for affordable healthcare.
A blurb from the article:
"CHDC has partnered with The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy next door to the new location. “They’ve been a great community partner for almost 30 years in the Boyertown area,” [CHDC CEO, Bridgette] McGivern said, “We have had projects with them where we’re integrating a clinical pharmacist, especially for the Medicare population, to be an addition to the care team, because it can be confusing, how many medications you’re taking, making sure you’re doing a Medication reconciliation with your care team, and determining the need for any other support and advice,” she said.
Because the Boyertown location is only 2,000 square feet right now, CHDC is offering women’s health, pediatrics, and family practice at that location, with plans to add increased behavioral health services. “It’s not a big office,” McGivern said. “We would love to engage with increased access to dental, but dental needs space, so we refer patients to our Barto location or The Shoppes at Coventry. We offer free transportation, and that includes the Boyertown site. So, if someone comes in for a medical visit and they hadn’t had a dental exam, and they don’t have transportation, our shuttle will take them to one of our other locations that offers some of our other service lines,” she said.
To assist as many people as possible, CHDC runs a free shuttle service to and from its health centers from many convenient stops throughout the tri-county region. Patients who are 18 years or older can sign up for transportation at the same time that they make an appointment.
In addition to a shuttle service, CHDC operates a mobile medical unit and a mobile dental unit in the tri-county area which functions as a health care home on wheels, eliminating the transportation barrier and bringing health care to community locations. At any of the five office locations, patients can schedule same-day appointments. For the sake of time and convenience, they can arrange multiple appointments on the same day. Weekend and evening visits are also available."