ANN ARBOR, Mich.– IHA, the region’s leading multi-specialty medical group, transitioned the urgent care on the campus of Livonia-based Schoolcraft College into IHA Urgent Care on Monday, February 4, 2019. In conjunction with this change, IHA has also established an internal and family medicine practice within the same building to offer the community additional access to primary care. St. Mary Mercy Hospital, St. Joe’s Medical Group and Schoolcraft College leadership teams have come together with IHA to leverage IHA’s infrastructure to benefit students, staff and the broader community.
During the last six years, IHA has invested in the infrastructure and expertise around operating, managing and growing urgent care services. In fiscal year 2018, they recorded over 65,000 visits across five urgent care locations and have plans to open three more urgent care locations by the end of 2019. IHA successfully co-locates all of their urgent care locations with primary care offices. Research indicates that offering primary care and urgent care services within the same building significantly raises patient satisfaction and improves the overall continuum of care.
According to Jason Harris, Vice President of Planning & Development at IHA, “This partnership with Schoolcraft College will not only increase access to health care for students and staff, but the greater Livonia community by offering patient-centered care when and where it is needed.”
The urgent care team, led by IHA Urgent Care, Occupational Medicine and Virtual Care Division Head Matthew Ajluni, DO, will maintain the services previously being offered at the Schoolcraft urgent care as well as additional extended services. The family & internal medicine team includes family medicine physician Jessica Haddad, MD and internal medicine physician Li Li, MD, PhD.
The new IHA Schoolcraft offices are located on the first floor of the Jeffress Center at 39201 W. Seven Mile in Livonia. IHA Family & Internal Medicine @ Schoolcraft is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Appointments can be made online at www.IHAcares.com/Schoolcraft or by calling 734-213-3685. IHA Urgent Care @ Schoolcraft is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. You can skip the urgent care wait by saving your spot online at www.IHAcares.com/saveyourspot.
About IHA
Established in 1994 and celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding in 2019, IHA is one of the best and largest multi-specialty groups in Michigan delivering more than one million patient visits each year. IHA employs more than 2,400 staff, including more than 700 providers consisting of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives in approximately 74 practice locations across Southeast Michigan. Recognized as Metro Detroit’s Top Physician Group by Consumer Reports magazine. IHA offers patients extended office hours and urgent care services, along with online patient diagnosis, treatment and appointment access tools. IHA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saint Joseph Mercy Health System and a member of Trinity Health. For more information about IHA, visit www.ihacares.com.
News Release
February 12, 2019
For Immediate Release
For more information, contact:
IHA
Amy Middleton
734.327.0877
Amy_Middleton@IHAcares.com