What is a Health Park?
Since it opened in 2012, Wellstar Acworth Health Park has operated with the intention of making healthcare accessible and convenient for the community it serves. According to Guillermo Sanabia, executive director of health parks at Wellstar, the health park is accessible to a wider community than people might think. Located at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Cedarcrest Road in Acworth, the health park is only about 10-15 minutes from downtown Cartersville.
In Sanabia’s mind, this makes it an incredible resource for Bartow County residents. “To have a facility like the Acworth Health Park ten minutes away from your home is remarkable,” he says. “It should be considered part of the community – that’s how close it is.”
The health park’s proximity to the community is only the beginning, though. A revolutionary medical concept, the health park format serves as a one-stop shop for patients. The idea is that patients can access all of the health services that they need in one location. QU “We bring those services out into the communities we serve, and we do a very good job at it.”
The Wellstar Acworth Health Park features family medicine, pediatrics and OB/GYN primary care practices, as well as specialty services such as cardiovascular medicine; ear, nose, and throat; lab and imaging services; a surgery center; an on-site pharmacy and more. It also includes an urgent care that is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. Sanabia says that they have grown the urgent care recently to increase efficiency, decreasing the average time a patient spends in the facility by 15 to 18 minutes per visit.