First Choice Emergency Room Opens 50th Facility

LEWISVILLE, Texas, Sept. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- First Choice Emergency Room, an Adeptus Health (NYSE:ADPT) company and the leading freestanding emergency room in the United States, opened its 50^th facility today. First Choice Emergency Room's growth is addressing an acute need for more convenient access to high quality emergency medical care with facilities located throughout Texas and Colorado.

"This milestone continues to underscore the need for additional access to emergency care across our country," said Thomas S. Hall, President and CEO, Adeptus Health.  "At First Choice Emergency Room we are saving lives every day by making emergency medical care much more accessible. "

According to the American College of Emergency Physicians' (ACEP) 2014 National Report Card, the nation received a D- in access to emergency health care; Texas received an F and Colorado received a D+. First Choice Emergency Room provides the same level of care as hospital-based emergency rooms with facilities conveniently located in local communities, and patients seen by a board-certified physician in less than five minutes.

"In 2014 alone, we have opened 24 facilities, and our most recent Colorado facility in Thornton brings with it a dedicated and experienced team of emergency care professionals to deliver the highest quality care to the community," added Hall.

First Choice Emergency Room facilities are equipped with a full radiology suite, including CT scanner, Digital X-ray, Ultrasound, as well as on-site laboratories certified by the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA) and accredited by the Commission on Office Laboratories Accreditation (COLA). The facilities are staffed exclusively with board-certified physicians and emergency trained registered nurses.

The new facility will be located at 13631 Colorado Blvd. Thornton, Colorado and is open 24-7. 

First Choice Emergency Room strives to be a partner in the local community by giving back through various corporate social responsibility initiatives.  In Thornton, First Choice Emergency Room made a donation to Horizon High School at a ribbon cutting ceremony and community open house held yesterday. 

Watch these videos to see what an expectant mother and heart patient had to say about their First Choice Emergency Room experience.

To learn more about First Choice Emergency Room and the new Thornton facility, please visit www.fcer.com.

About First Choice Emergency Room
First Choice Emergency Room (FCER.com) is the nation's leading network of independent freestanding emergency rooms; it is both the largest and the oldest. First Choice Emergency Room is revolutionizing the delivery of emergency medical services for adult and pediatric emergencies by offering patients convenient, neighborhood access to emergency medical care. First Choice Emergency Room facilities are innovative, freestanding, and fully equipped emergency rooms with a complete radiology suite of diagnostic technology (CT scanner, Ultrasound, and Digital X-ray) and on-site laboratory. All First Choice Emergency Room locations are staffed with board-certified physicians and emergency trained registered nurses. First Choice Emergency Room has facilities in Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Colorado Springs and Denver, and tracking to add three more facilities by year's end. According to patient feedback collected by Press Ganey Associates Inc., First Choice Emergency Room provides the highest quality emergency medical care and received the 2013 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence for exceeding the 95^th percentile in patient satisfaction nationwide. First Choice Emergency Room is an Adeptus Health (NYSE:ADPT) company.

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SOURCE Adeptus Health