Bassett Convenient Care Cooperstown
A nearby convenient care center that takes appointments and walk-ins will provide easy access to necessary health care for those minor illnesses and injuries that need timely, but not emergency attention.
Current Campaign Goal: $500,000
Bassett Healthcare Network seeks to build a new convenient care center just south of Cooperstown at its Hartwick Seminary Specialty Services complex. The intent of the new convenient care center is to provide ready access to medical care for non-life-threatening conditions. The Friends of Bassett Healthcare Network seeks to raise $500,000 to support the project. The total projected cost of renovating Bassett’s existing Hartwick Seminary Specialty Services clinic space to accommodate a new convenient care center is $3 million.
Rendering of the New Convenient Care Center
The need for the facility is twofold: Bassett Medical Center’s emergency department (ED) in Cooperstown is overburdened by the number of individuals inappropriately using the ED as a stand-in for a primary care or urgent care provider. At the same time, there is a shortage of primary care practitioners while demand for access continues to climb. A nearby convenient care center that takes appointments and walk-ins will provide easy access to necessary health care for those minor illnesses and injuries that need timely, but not emergency attention.
Emergency department overcrowding is a well-documented phenomenon in the U.S. Locally, Bassett Medical Center’s ED supports 20,470 visits annually. It is estimated that over 2,000 of those visits could be handled in the primary care or convenient care setting, thereby assuring the ED is available for more critical cases.
To make a donation or find out more, contact the Friends of Bassett at friends.office@bassett.org, call (607) 547-3928, or donate online.
