Franktown Community Health Ctr — Franktown, VA
Franktown Community Health Ctr is a community health center clinic at 9159 Franktown Rd, Franktown, VA 23354, open 40 hours a week. The typical Virginia clinic is open 45 hours a week. It is run by Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc., which serves 32,680 patients across 6 clinic locations.
- Address: 9159 Franktown Rd, Franktown, VA 23354 · Directions
- Phone: (757) 442-4819
- Website: www.esrh.org
- Weekly hours: 40 (Virginia clinic median: 45)
- Operated by: Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc.
Patients came to Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 12,274 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 6,448 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 28 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 4,357 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 5,714 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 670 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 2,003 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 842 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 4,283 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 9,925 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 2,410 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 1,254 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 88 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 768 | children tested |
Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc. serves
32,680 patients used Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc. in 2025. 43% live at or below the poverty line and 79% are at or below twice the poverty line.
| Measure | This center | VA median | U.S. median | vs VA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 43% | 53% | 65% | −11 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 79% | 96% | 92% | −17 pts |
| Measure | This center | VA median | U.S. median | vs VA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 15% | 16% | 14% | −1 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 28% | 28% | 42% | In line |
| Medicare patients | 24% | 17% | 11% | +7 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 33% | 26% | 24% | +7 pts |
Quality of care at Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc.
Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc. is at or above the Virginia median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | VA median | U.S. median | vs VA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 71% | 71% | 68% | In line |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 60% | 56% | 54% | +4 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 51% | 49% | 54% | +3 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 50% | 50% | 44% | In line |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 63% | 79% | 77% | −16 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 95% | 90% | 86% | +5 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 81% | 80% | 79% | +1 pts |
Staffing at Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc.
The health center employs 337 full-time-equivalent staff, including 27 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 50 dental staff and 6 mental health staff. That is 1,200 patients per clinical provider against the Virginia median of 841 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 143,035 visits, about 4.4 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 23354
250 Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc. patients live in ZIP 23354, and 19% of them are uninsured.
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