Press Release
For more information about Erie Family Health Center, please contact Valerie Comprelli at 312.432.7463 or vcomprelli@eriefamilyhealth.org
New Erie Helping Hands Health Center
Opened October 26, 2009
Changing lives for the better is what Erie’s new, expanded health center is all about. Designed with the Erie family – including patients, families and staff – in mind, the new health center inspires positive transformation for all who passed through the doors on October 26, the official opening day of Erie Helping Hands Health Center at 4747 North Kedzie Avenue.
Erie staff and friends of Erie on the opening day of the new Erie Helping Hands
For Erie’s patients and their families, we promise comfort and healing by offering 17 spacious exam rooms covering over 8,500 square feet. The new site has twice as many exam rooms than the previous Helping Hands location, allowing us to provide care to double the number of patients. For Erie staff, we promise a state-of-the-art facility utilizing breakthrough technology, enhanced facilities and an intelligent design to maximize efficiency in patient care.
Located in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood, the new facility is situated on the corner of Kedzie and Lawrence, only one building down the former location of the Health Center. Its design will ensure it meets the unique requirements of health care providers and the patients Erie serves.
Erie Helping Hands Health Center aims to serve all its patients by providing high quality health care and treatment including Adult and Senior Services, Women’s Health Services, Behavioral Health Counseling, Case Management, Health and Wellness Programs, Children’s Health Services and Prenatal Health Services. Not only will the expanded site help patients with their health needs and concerns, but provide educational and outreach programs.
With the support of funders including, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Bowman C. Lingle Trust, Cudahy Fund D & R Fund and The Ravenswood Foundation, Erie Helping Hands will be able to offer these services to patients in over13,000 visits at the new location, which includes 4,000 additional visits a year.
Erie is opened its doors to patients at Erie Helping Hands Health Center on October 26. Look for additional information regarding the official grand opening ceremony taking place in early 2010. We look forward to seeing friends of Erie at the celebration to tour the facility and see first-hand the newest addition to Erie’s network of health care.