4 • The Southwest Portland Post
BUSINESS
March 2016
Legacy-GoHealth opens urgent care facility in Burlingame
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
L e g a c y - G o H e a l t h , a n u rg e n t
care center, opened Feb. 1 in the
Burlingame neighborhood next to the
Banfield Pet Hospital on Southwest
Barbur Boulevard.
The center provides convenient
access to quality healthcare for non-
life threatening illnesses and injuries
without an appointment.
There are no medical doctors on
site. Instead, GoHealth is fully staffed
with a nurse practitioner, medical
assistant, and physician assistant.
An on-call medical doctor can be
teleconferenced in as necessary.
GoHealth providers are part of the
Legacy Medical Group.
There are onsite X-rays, flu shots,
and lab services available. Looking
like a robot, the MobileArt Evolution
X-Ray machine, the first of its kind, is
brought to the patient in their room
by the technician.
According to Dr. Gregory Carroll,
president and medical director of
Legacy-GoHealth, the company is the
fastest-growing urgent care provider
in the Pacific Northwest.
“GoHealth accepts most types of
health insurance,” Carroll stated.
“Of course, if you are in the Legacy
system, you’ll be in-network. This
will allow access to the patient’s
medical records and primary care
provider.”
Upon visiting the center at the open
house held in early February, this
reporter saw large examination rooms
which you could see right through
from the open floor plan. Alarmed
and questioning this at first, staff
quickly demonstrated with a flick of
a switch the electronic window shield
to provide total privacy.
“The rooms are extra big,” said
Heidi Kayser, GoHealth’s marketing
director, who led the tour. “This is so
additional family members or loved
ones can comfort the patient as they
are being examined.”
Legacy has five hospitals region-
wide with 11 of these smaller more
c o n v e n i e n t u rg e n t c a re c l i n i c s
s c a t t e re d t h ro u g h o u t .
With another one opening
in the Johnson Creek area,
eight more are planned to
open this year with one
or two more in Southwest
Portland.
When asked about the
competition, Zoom Care
came up.
“They have additional
staff like pediatricians,
psychologists, and
nutritionists,” said Kayser.
“We focus on the pressing
issues and immediate
injuries at hand and
provide a more convenient
and closer location for our
members.”
Legacy-GoHealth is
located at 7461 SW Barbur
Boulevard and is open
Monday through Friday, 8-8.
Weekends, 9-5. If closed, the
patient needs to head to the Brittany Bradford, medical assistant, shows off the
mobile X-ray machine that can me moved around the
nearest hospital emergency
various exam rooms. (Post photo by Erik Vidstrand)
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