Wisconsin Health Center to Open Late 2013

MADISON, Wis. — On May 8, Erdman, a Madison-based company that provides health care consulting, facility planning, development and design-build, will break ground on a new $6.5 million medical and dental clinic being built for Access Community Health Centers.

Erdman and Access are partnering to build the Joyce and Marshall Erdman Clinic, which will replace Access’ current South Side clinic when it is completed in late 2013. The 22,000-square-foot clinic will be located adjacent to the current facility at the Village on Park Mall and will be three times its size. Its location in Madison’s South Side is an area that the health care provider has served for more than 20 years and one that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has designated as underserved.

This will be the first new construction clinic for Access, and it will house medical and behavioral health services, as well as dental services. In the August Newsletter from Access, the health provider stated, “Our goal is to provide a place where patients can get the care they need in one spot and to lessen health disparities of those without access to care. This clinic will, among other things, integrate our prenatal and pediatric care along with health education and other community services, and offer our patients with chronic disease an array of services, education, support and care to help them better manage their health.”

Access served more than 25,000 patients in 2012, growing tenfold in the past decade. It has grown from offering primary medical care to now providing patients with comprehensive primary medical and dental care, behavioral health services and pharmacy services at its five locations throughout Dane and Iowa counties.

The clinic will be named after Joyce and Marshall Erdman, founders of the Erdman firm. The Erdman family made a significant donation to the project.

“We are grateful for the generosity of those whose contributions have made this clinic a reality and humbled at the level of commitment in our community for increasing care to people who need it,” said Access CEO Ken Loving, M.D.