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Kapolei Urgent Care Is Now A Part Of Adventist Health Castle
BY JAIMIE KIM FARINAS
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tually beneficial ... The hos- pital will benefit from Urgent Care Hawai‘i’s expertise in running urgent care centers, particularly its innovative ap- proach to delivering low-cost high-quality care in the outpa- tient arena,” says Ashlock.
All Urgent Care Hawai‘i walk-in clinics across the is- land — including one loca- tion in Kapolei — are now part of the Adventist Health Castle network, an acquisition the hospital’s president Ryan Ashlock says is more a meld- ing of like-minded objectives.
“Treating injuries on the job in the urgent care setting
“Adventist Health Cas- tle and Urgent Care Hawai‘i share a goal of improving the health and well-being of the communities we serve,” he says.
“During the pandemic, Ur- gent Care Hawai‘i provided free sports physicals at high schools to get kids back on the playing field,” Schmidt adds.
“This acquisition furthers Adventist Health Castle’s goal of expanding access to care in and beyond Windward O‘ahu,” he adds.
“An urgent care is specif- ically designed to serve pa- tients with medical conditions that are not life threatening but still require medical at- tention,” says Ashlock. “They offer convenient and afford- able care, which reduces the dependency on emergency rooms.
ly sought to bridge the di- vide between physicians and emergency services. Since then, however, the company has expanded its involvement in the community, manning first-aid tents at large events, offering health screenings, attending health fairs and ed- ucating other neighborhood organizations.
spectrum that ultimately will benefit everyone. In addition to its Kapolei location, Ur- gent Care Hawai‘i has facili- ties in Kailua, Pearl City and Waikīkī. The transaction is expected to close on Dec. 1.
Now that it has joined forces with Adventist Health Castle, not a whole lot will change, to hear Schmidt tell it. Clinics, she explains, will continue to care for indi-
Treating injuries on the job in the urgent care setting is convenient and cost-effective.
viduals of all ages, from in- fants and children to adults and kūpuna, while offering laboratory, X-ray and tele- health services, in addition to COVID-19 testing and vac- cinations. They will continue to carry on its occupational medicine program, too, which
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“When our respective teams were introduced, it was clear that our similar missions and shared goals could be achieved better together.”
“They provided on-site COVID-19 testing to busi- nesses and performed daily well checks for individuals in quarantine. Bringing health care to individuals, families and businesses is a whole new level of convenience and ac- cessibility,” she explains.
is convenient and cost-effec- tive,” Schmidt adds.
“It ensures services are available across all avenues of care, making Adventist Health Castle a fully integrat- ed health care provider.”
“In addition, urgent cares are a low-cost alternative, which is key to driving down the total cost of health care across our state and nation.”
Opening in 2011, Urgent Care Hawai‘i founder and CEO Donna Schmidt initial-
What Urgent Care Hawai‘i gains, meanwhile, is Adven- tist Health Castle’s extensive lineup of primary and special- ty care physicians.
Urgent care services, Ash- lock confesses, were, as he puts it, “a missing compo- nent” for Adventist Health Castle. So, to be able to now offer them means being able to care for O‘ahu on a broader
Urgent Care Hawai‘i in Kapolei is located at 890 Kamokila Blvd.
“The relationship between the two organizations is mu-
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