Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center To Close Within Two Years

Baystate Health has announced that it will close Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware, Massachusetts within the next two years, and relocate the majority of services to Baystate Wing Hospital located nine miles away in Palmer. Key factors in the decision are reflective of the current state of care delivery at Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center. These factors include:

Nearly half of Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center’s capacity is unused during the daytime and 90% is unused during overnight hours.
Baystate Mary Lane’s Satellite Emergency Facility has had minimal utilization for emergency level care. Of the 28 . . .