Toms River Regional Turns to Downtown Clinic for Health Care

From NJ Spotlight:

When the ’ 5,700 employees and families get sick, they usually go to the Partnership Health Center, a clinic in downtown Toms River that opened two years ago for the exclusive use of members of the school health plan. The PHC is voluntary; members are free to use any of the hundreds of doctors in their health plan network. But there’s an incentive to use the PHC, since there are no co-pays or deductibles, and it’s convenient: the PHC is open seven days a week and, members can visit during working hours, then return to their jobs. The 18-person staff includes three doctors and six nurses, and services include physical therapy, x-ray, lab, and pharmacy. Emergencies like wound care, splints and stitches can be handled at the PHC, instead of a hospital emergency room.

There is a fitness center with exercise machines where physical therapy sessions are held, and members get advice on how exercise can ease their aches and pains. Members with chronic conditions like diabetes and heart diseases can get help with weight loss, nutrition and fitness.

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