The Shops at Liberty Place at 17th and Chestnut Street in Center City Philadelphia have a new innovative addition to their ground floor, Drexel University's walk-in clinic. The facility is the first in the city but other city health systems are planning to build similar treatment centers in the area.
The clinic will be open 7 AM to 7 PM and is aimed to cater to the millions of people who live and work in Center City Philadelphia. Doctors and nurse practitioners will staff the clinic and will be able to diagnosis and treat routine medical conditions and if need be patients will be referred to Drexel specialists. Also at the clinic will be a state of the art drug vending machine that is able to easily provide patients with the most common generic drugs without them having to visit a pharmacy.
Doctors are hoping that the convenience of the clinic and the onsite prescription vending machine will help people to see doctors more often and catch problems early. There is also hope that the clinic and others like it will alleviate some of the traffic visiting emergency rooms after the recent concerns about treatment at local emergency rooms.
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