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MedExpress Opens Newest Center, Partners With Area Medical Center

April 1 2010

MedExpress strengthened its position as western Pennsylvania's patient-centered urgent care provider today when it opened its newest center in Tarentum and announced a collaboration with Alle-Kiski Medical Center (AKMC).

MedExpress Urgent Care, which opened centers in Bloomfied and Belle Vernon in February, employs more than 400 people in Pennsylvania and last year treated more than 300,000 people in the state. The Tarentum location, on 303 East Tenth Avenue, will be the 16th MedExpress center in Pennsylvania and 42nd nationally.

"Providing access to high-quality, affordable urgent care by focusing on the entire patient experience has been our hallmark since we opened our first center nine years ago," said MedExpress Vice President of Development & Marketing, Erich Lipphardt. "Our newest center allows us to extend that commitment to the people in Tarentum, Natrona Heights and surrounding communities."

The partnership with AKMC will center on streamlining referral processes, providing for a continuum of care and creating open lines of communication to support best practices and quality patient outcomes.

"When we talked with the folks at AKMC we found that they cared about the same things we did and we knew we could work together to better serve the patients in the region," Lipphardt said. "We are working together to save time for patients who require follow-up care or specialty services like orthopedics, cardiovascular services, physical therapy or other specialty diagnostics. Through our relationship we will ensure that AKMC and MedExpress better support patient needs and requests through care coordination and transparent communication."

HealthGrades, a leading independent healthcare ratings organization, recently ranked AKMC among the top five percent of hospitals in the country for preventing mortality and complications.

"Our quality and safety record aligns nicely with the MedExpress commitment to quality and satisfaction", said Ned Laubacher, CEO for AKMC. "Quality and innovation are critical to success in any health care network. We're excited to work with MedExpress. The partnership furthers our mission of finding the best solutions to patient care in the area."

MedExpress is open seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., is a full-service, walk-in health care clinic offering medical treatment to all ages for illness and injury. There is always a physician on duty.

In addition to the new location, MedExpress operates centers in Belle Vernon, Bloomfield, Center Township, Greenburg, Mars, Monroeville, Moon Township, North Huntingdon, O'Hara Township, Pleasant Hills, Scott Township, Ross Township, Uniontown, Upper St. Clair, and Washington. Several additional centers are planned for 2010.