Tower Health to open 3 urgent care locations

WEST READING » Tower Health has announced that it will open three new urgent care facilities — two in Chester County and one in Berks County over the next month.

The first location is scheduled to open on Monday, July 6 Tower Health Urgent Care North Coventry, located at 16 Glocker Way in North Coventry, Chester County.

The second location, opening on Monday, July 20, is Tower Health Urgent Care Sinking Spring, located at 4860 Penn Ave. in South Heidelberg, Berks County. The third location, opening on Monday,

Aug. 3 is Tower Health Urgent Care Thorndale, located at 3411 Lincoln Highway, Suite 3451 in Caln Township, Chester County.

With the addition of the new locations, the healthcare system now operates 25 urgent care locations across its geographic footprint.

All Tower Health Urgent Care facilities are open 365 days a year from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., providing walk-in care for a variety of conditions including: colds, flu, allergies, asthma, sore throat, sports injuries, minor lacerations, sprains, earaches and earaches, as well as preventative services such as physicals, vaccines and occupational health. In addition, each Tower Health Urgent Care facilities offers on-site access to lab and imaging if needed.

“Tower Health is committed to providing care when and where our communities need it,” Clint Matthews, president and CEO, Tower Health, said in a press release. “Urgent Care is an essential link in our continuum of care that connects patients to a physician if they do not have a primary care doctor or their doctor is not available.”

To provide fully integrated care, all Tower Health Urgent Care Centers will use Epic, the electronic medical record in use across Tower Health. Epic brings patient health information from Tower Health care sites into one health record, leading to more informed clin