SwedishAmerican Hospital issued the following announcement on July 23.

SwedishAmerican is pleased to announce the opening of the new Winnebago County Employee and Family Wellness Center.

Located at 526 W. State Street in Rockford, the employer-sponsored health care facility provides health care to 2,335 eligible county employees and their dependents. Operating since 2013, the center opened as a SwedishAmerican facility earlier this month.

“We are very excited for this new opportunity and proud to begin a partnership with Winnebago County,” SwedishAmerican President and CEO Dr. Michael Born said. “This employer-based medical home model has proven to be very successful for us in the past, as it allows us to deliver unique and personalized care to employees and dependents.”

This is SwedishAmerican’s third employer-sponsored health care facility to open in three years. SwedishAmerican opened the Woodward Health Center (2473 McFarland Road, Rockford) in 2016 for employees and dependents at Woodward, Inc. In January, SwedishAmerican opened Partners Health Center (2601 N. Main Street, Rockford), which offers health care to six participating companies in the region.

The clinic features two medical providers and care for patients of all ages. In addition, pre-employment and Department of Transportation screenings will be performed on site.

“We are very excited to work with SwedishAmerican,” Winnebago County Administrator Carla Paschal said. “They have been very professional and attentive during the transition. We are very proud to offer our employees expanded and personalized wellness services in a time of budget challenges for the County.”

Services offered at Winnebago County Employee and Family Wellness Center include:

Acute care

Wellness care

Laboratory

Care coordination

Health education classes

Health coaching

Limited generic prescription medication dispensing

Same-day access

Immunizations

Pre-employment physicals

Work-place health services

More information:

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call the Winnebago County Employee and Family Wellness Center at 779-696-2770.

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