QuadMed Inaugurates Safeway Inc. Healthcare Center

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QuadMed Inaugurates Safeway Inc. Healthcare Center

New patient-centered Healthpointe Center is onsite at Safeway's Pleasanton, CA, headquarters

SUSSEX, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- QuadMed, a nationwide leader in employer-sponsored healthcare solutions, christened its newest onsite employer healthcare center at the corporate headquarters of Safeway Inc. in Pleasanton, CA.


The new Safeway Healthpointe Center is a state-of-the-art primary care clinic that uses a patient-centered model to provide holistic care focused on wellness and prevention. QuadMed, a subsidiary of global printer Quad/Graphics, will operate the center with an integrated approach involving coordinated coaching, case management and condition management. An expansion of Safeway's previous health center, the new center is a full-service medical facility staffed by a team of medical professionals.

Quad/Graphics Chairman, President & CEO Joel Quadracci and QuadMed President Tim Dickman joined Safeway Chairman and CEO Steve Burd, Executive Vice President Larree Renda and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kent Bradley for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Healthpointe Center on October 4. The center, which will serve Safeway employees and their dependents in the Pleasanton area, will host several tours and events during October and begin patient-care appointments in November.

"Safeway is committed to creating an environment that enables and supports a long-term culture of health," said Mr. Burd. "With the introduction of the Healthpointe Center we now provide an innovative and personalized healthcare experience," he told Safeway employees gathered for the ribbon-cutting. "The Healthpointe Center allows us to expand our employee health services and provide a private and professional space to serve your health needs."

"We are thrilled to be partnering with Safeway. It's been our pleasure to help transform the previous health center into a full-service medical facility," said Mr. Dickman. "Providing a holistic, patient-focused healthcare approach is our main objective. The Healthpointe Center will go beyond traditional medical practice and follow a patient-centered medical home model where the primary-care physician will work with the care team to customize and coordinate ongoing care."

Safeway employees and their families will be able to take advantage of the Healthpointe Center for a wide range of routine, preventive, urgent and wellness healthcare services, including:

  • Preventive care, such as physical exams or immunizations;

  • Illness treatment (cold, flu, rash, etc.);

  • Injury treatment (stitches, sprains);

  • Chronic condition and disease management (asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure);

  • Health and wellness coaching (weight loss, smoking cessation); and

  • Coordination with specialty healthcare providers.

About QuadMed

QuadMed (www.QuadMedical.com) is a nationally recognized innovator in offering onsite primary care clinics and healthcare management solutions that are proven to increase quality and decrease costs. QuadMed's 20-year track record of success is rooted in integrating prevention-focused primary care with leading-edge information management data. Created in 1990 as a subsidiary of global provider of print and multichannel solutions Quad/Graphics, QuadMed now serves a wide variety of Fortune 1000 companies. In select states, including California, patient care is provided by an independent physician-owned corporation. For more information on QuadMed, visit http://www.quadmedical.com.

About Quad/Graphics

Quad/Graphics (NYS: QUAD) is a global provider of print and related multichannel solutions for consumer magazines, special interest publications, catalogs, retail inserts/circulars, direct mail, books, directories, and commercial and specialty products, including in-store signage. Headquartered in Sussex, Wis. (just west of Milwaukee), the company has approximately 22,000 full-time equivalent employees working from more than 50 print-production facilities as well as other support locations throughout North America, Latin America and Europe. As a printing industry innovator, Quad/Graphics (www.QG.com) is redefining the power of print in today's multimedia world by helping its clients use print as the foundation of multichannel communications strategies to drive their top-line revenues.



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