Answer to High Cost of Hospitals Opens

Walk-in Walk-out Urgent Care Center Opens .

Lenox Hill HealthPlex is a freestanding, 24-hour, emergency department which is similar to hospital-based emergency departments in terms of staff and services. Patients with severe trauma (gunshot wounds, major motor vehicle accidents, etc.), and those requiring immediate surgical or cardiac interventions should not be taken here. However, patients presenting with an apparent heart attack, stroke and other life-threatening conditions would be evaluated and stabilized using the facility’s advanced life support technologies, and then prepared for transport to a hospital. Equipped with advanced life support services, clinicians are able to treat a full range of illnesses and injuries, including, but not limited to, respiratory illnesses (asthma, pneumonia, chronic bronchitis and emphysema), concussions, fractures and joint injuries, allergic reactions, severe cuts and burns, and behavioral health issues. Accepts all patients regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

Pros

• Close-by
• 24 hours
• State of the art design
• Accepts all patients regardless of insurance
• Staffed by emergency medicine physicians and nurses
• Offers advanced life support, imaging, and a laboratory
• Similar equipment and capabilities as a hospital emergency department

Cons

• No operating rooms
• No specialized physicians
• No in-patient beds
• Cannot treat patients with severe trauma who need immediate surgical or cardiac interventions