Capital Projects - H. Claude Hudson Urgent Care Expansion

CEO Capital Projects

County Spending Category
3.4 Capital Projects
Federal Expenditure Category
Prevention in Congregate Settings (Nursing Homes, Prisons/Jails, Dense Work Sites, Schools, Child care facilities, etc.)
Project Launch Date
09/30/2026
Anticipated End Date
12/31/2026

Project Contacts

Indicators & Metrics to Date

  • Permit and Solicitation Completed
    0
  • Construction Complete
    0
  • Completed renovation
    0
  • Expand exam room utilization from 7 to 13 exam rooms
    0
  • Reassign exam rooms by provider by shift
    0

Target Populations

  • People Experiencing Homelessness

Project Description

The H. Claude Hudson Urgent Care Expansion project is targeting a February 2025 Board agenda date. The Urgent Care Expansion Project would renovate and expand the existing Urgent Care Center space located on the first floor of the H. Claude Hudson Comprehensive Health Center. The project covers the renovation of 4,000 square feet of existing urgent care space and an additional 800 square feet of ambulatory procedural unit observation space that is being repurposed for the expansion of Urgent Care Services. The total urgent care project after completion will cover 4,800 square feet. This renovation is critical to update and expand the current number of Urgent Care exam rooms available to the community. The current space is insufficient to meet current and projected patient care needs. The Urgent Care Center allows patients to access care when they cannot wait for an appointment with their provider. Since hospital emergency departments are often crowded, Urgent Care enables patients to get care in an easier way for non-life-threatening conditions. Construction work for the project will be provided by the Department of Public Works (DPW) through a contractor. The Urgent Care service provision will be provided by the Department of Health Services. This renovation responds directly to needs highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic exposed the true severity of preexisting disparities in the communities served by H. Claude Hudson Comprehensive Health Center, particularly in terms of access to care and resources for people to take care of themselves. H. Claude Hudson is in Service Planning Area (SPA) 4 Metro LA. According to the Department of Public Health (DPH), this area had one of the largest increases in death rates from 2019 to 2020. This is also a “highest need” area by the COVID-19 Vulnerability Index and surrounded by many neighborhoods designated as “highest” and “high need.”

Goals & Objectives

Goal Description Promote recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in a community that experienced disproportionate impact due to structural racism, socioeconomic disparities, and reduced access to health care.

Objective Description Increasing the physical space will allow the Urgent Care to provide additional services to patients.

Activity Description Completing the plan will ensure that we meet permitting requirements in time for construction to begin in January 2025.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery Permit and Solicitation Completed 0.00 1.00
1 Service Delivery Construction Complete 0.00 1.00

Outcome Description Complete renovation and expand urgent care services serving at least 3 highest need census tracts.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Program Outcome Completed renovation 0.00 1.00

Goal Description Strengthen Los Angeles County's health infrastructure by increasing the ability to provide urgent care services in a community that has been historically undeserved as a result of structural racism and inequity experienced by low-income communities.

Objective Description During the COVID-19 Pandemic, many patients delayed medical care and now require access to urgent care services to address urgent complex health conditions that were exacerbated by the pandemic.

Activity Description Upon opening for clinical services in July 2026, H. Claude Hudson Urgent Care will provide expanded access to urgent medical treatment services.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery Expand exam room utilization from 7 to 13 exam rooms 7.00 13.00

Objective Description Improve provider efficiency by reallocating exam rooms by July 2026.

Activity Description Complete workflow assessment and reassign exam rooms by provider by shift.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery Reassign exam rooms by provider by shift 1.00 2.00

Outcome Description Provide 500 urgent care visits to patients in highest need census tracts by December 2026.

Goal Description Increase community outreach to maximize awareness of expanded urgent care services by December 2026.

Objective Description Promote urgent care services through patient engagement strategies.

Activity Description Promote urgent care services through patient portal messaging and Metro Health Center patient letters by September 2026.

Objective Description H. Claude Hudson will provide 1 community outreach event in the highest need census tract by December 2026.

Activity Description Provide information on benefits to urgent care service access to the highest need census tract in the neighboring community.

Outcome Description Engage with the community to complete community outreach event in the highest need census tract communities.