St. Luke’s University Health Network opened St. Luke’s Care Now in Quakertown this week.
The clinic at 157 S. West End Blvd., off Route 309, is the network’s ninth walk-in urgent care center.
Ed Nawrocki, president of St. Luke’s Quakertown Hospital, said Care Now provides patients quick access to quality medical care when unable to be seen by their primary care providers.
“It serves as an extension of the primary care services we provide in this community, but because the cost of care is usually lower than an emergency room visit, Care Now is a time-efficient and cost-effective option,” Nawrocki said in a statement.
St. Luke’s Care Now-Quakertown provides treatment when a patient’s family doctor is unavailable or when a patient’s injury or illness requires immediate attention, but is not an acute emergency.
The clinic also offers on-site diagnostic testing and occupational medicine services to employers.
St. Luke’s other Care Now centers are in Allentown, Bethlehem, Jim Thorpe, Lehighton, New Ringgold, Upper Perkiomen and Wind Gap in Pennsylvania and in Clinton, N.J.
