Elmhurst Hospital Opens New Primary Care Center

ELMHURST, QUEENS — NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst is debuting a new primary care center with more exam rooms, larger waiting areas and upgraded equipment.

The outpatient center at 80th Street and 41st Avenue will offer internal medicine, routine exams, nutrition counseling and women's health, mental health and adolescent health services once it officially opens in July.

The center will also offer educational programs on such topics as mental health, diabetes and hypertension.

Clinicians will be able to see 10,000 more patients a year — or 50 more per day — thanks to the expanded center, hospital officials say.

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The $1 million renovation comes amid NYC Health + Hospitals' systemwide shift to focusing on expanding primary and preventative care services.

"Enhancing and building our primary care capacity is key to NYC Health + Hospitals’ effort to reducing emergency room utilization and building long lasting, healthy relationships with our patients," Mitchell Katz, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, said in a statement.