Rapid growth along the I-35 corridor was a primary factor for a major medical employer to announce the arrival of a new clinic to open in Kyle later this year.
Baylor Scott & White Heath, which opeates a system of 48 hospitals and has more than 44,000 employees, announced construction has begun on a 7,285 square-foot primary care clinic that will be located in the 4000 block of Cromwell Drive, off FM 1626 near the Plum Creek golf course.
The facility, which is slated to open in Fall 2017, will be the first Baylor Scott & White clinic to open in Hays County.
Baylor Scott & White recently opened clinics in Travis and Williamson counties and broke ground on a medical center in Pflugerville in February.
“Making our debut in Hays County is a great milestone for Baylor Scott & White,” said Colleen Sundquist, Vice President of Clinic Operations at BS&W. “The clinic will allow us to serve more Central Texans, offering the community a new primary care clinic close to home.
Sundquist said the new clinic would have four to six primary care physicians (PCP). She said current demand from patients seeking medical services was also a reason to move to Hays County.
“We constantly see patients looking for care closer to home,” Sunquist said. “It’s our focus to provide care in a convenient location.”
BS&W’s new clinic will compete with several in-place area medical facilties, which include Austin Regional Clinic in Plum Creek and medical clinics at Seton Medical Center Hays.
Sundquist said BS&W thinks “positively” of competition and said it would enhance services and “improve quality of services to citizens.”
Rob Watson, MD, Chief Medical Officer at BS&W’s Austin/Round Rock region, said the company’s “integrated model of care” is unique. Sundquist said one example is physicians sharing a single medical record for each patient, which would save patients time and avoid having to retrieve them.
“Our multidisciplinary team approach to patient care allows us to be efficient while also providing a seamless and individualized experience for each patient,” Watson said.
