A health consortium that includes Yale New Haven Hospital has opened a new primary care medical center in New Haven.
The facility, at 150 Sargent Dr., is a collaboration of the hospital, Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center and Fair Haven Community Health Care. The three formed the New Haven Primary Care Consortium in 2017, with the shared goal of improving access to primary care services.
The center will offer general care for adults and children, women’s health, radiology and blood drawing services. It is expected to serve some 25,000 patients throughout the region.
The project got the required approval to move forward last summer, and workers have spent the past few months doing renovations.
Yale New Haven Hospital had previously offered outpatient primary care services at its York Street and St. Raphael campuses.
The Sargent Drive location had already been part of Yale New Haven Health’s footprint, though it had been known as the Long Wharf Medical Building. It has free parking for up to 250 cars.
Cynthia Sparer, senior vice president, operations at YNHH and executive director at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, said the new facility will support the consortium’s efforts to improve the health of the underserved populations in the region.
Suzanne P. Lagarde, CEO at Fair Haven Community Health Care, said the opening is the result of thousands of hours of work spanning more than five years.
“The end result is an unprecedented opportunity to provide high quality care for the majority of New Haven’s low income and minority residents,” Lagarde said in an announcement.
