American Family Care (AFC) continues its growth in Florida with the ground breaking in Pace, FL. The ground breaking for the Pace location will be held on April 25th at 2:00 pm. The clinic’s address is 4713 Highway 90 in Pace. This location is tentatively set to open Fall 2013.
The clinic will be designed, equipped and staffed to provide accessible primary care, urgent care, minor emergency treatment, and occupational medicine. It will have a high-tech, high touch, digital x-ray system, onsite laboratory, state of the art diagnostics and EMR (Electronic Medical Records). The clinic will be staffed with kind, caring and compassionate healthcare professionals. The hours of operation will be seven days a week from 8:00 am – 6:00 pm –“No Appointment Necessary”. Our goal is to provide 100% Patient Satisfaction to our patients as it states in our campaign – “PS: It’s All About YOU!”
Currently, there are seven clinics in the South Alabama Market – Festival Centre, Daphne, Orange Beach, Airport/ Schillinger, Saraland, Fairhope, and Tillman’s Corner. All clinics offer WeighToLive a medically supervised weight loss program. We could not have accomplished any of this without our outstanding employees here at AFC and of
course we could never accomplish anything without you, our wonderful patients,” said D. Bruce Irwin, M.D., Founder and CEO of AFC. Last year AFC celebrated its 30th Anniversary. AFC has treated over 10 million patients in its 30-year history. AFC has an aggressive growth plan with the acquisition of Doctors Express (DRX), the largest national urgent care franchise. The acquisition became effective on Monday, April 15. With the DRX acquisition, AFC became the second largest privately owned urgent care operator in the country. By the end of 2013, AFC/Doctors Express will operate more than 140 facilities in 26 states, providing care to more than a million patients. After thirty years of caring, we are still here and growing.
About AFC/Doctors Express
In 1982, D. Bruce Irwin, M.D. opened the first American Family Care Medical Clinic in Hoover, Alabama. The company's model of "putting the patient first" has made it an overwhelming success. The clinics are designed, equipped and staffed to provide accessible primary care family care, urgent care, minor emergency treatment, and occupational medicine. AFC uses electronic medical records and has a high-tech, high touch approach to medical care, including digital x-ray system and an on-site laboratory.
All clinics are staffed with caring and compassionate healthcare professionals. AFC has an aggressive growth plan with the acquisition of Doctors Express (DRX), the largest national urgent care franchise. AFC/Doctors Express became the second largest privately owned urgent care operator in the country. By the end of 2013, AFC/Doctors Express will operate more than 140 facilities in 26 states, providing care to more than a million patients. For more information about AFC/Doctors Express please visit our website at www.americanfamilycare.com.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: AFC Breaks Ground on 1st Clinic in Pace