Salvation Army ARC — Memphis, TN
Salvation Army ARC is a community health center clinic at 2649 Kirby Whitten Rd, Memphis, TN 38133, open 2 hours a week. The typical Tennessee clinic is open 45 hours a week. It is run by Memphis Health Center, which serves 15,067 patients across 5 clinic locations.
- Address: 2649 Kirby Whitten Rd, Memphis, TN 38133 · Directions
- Phone: (901) 531-1750
- Weekly hours: 2 (Tennessee clinic median: 45)
- Operated by: Memphis Health Center (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Memphis Health Center
Patients came to Memphis Health Center for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 2,649 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 1,662 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 3,381 | patients in treatment |
| Eye exams | 412 | patients had eye exams |
| Well-child visits | 3,035 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 1,619 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 92 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 1,871 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 1,235 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 1,850 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 4,755 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 752 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 3,382 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 670 | children tested |
Memphis Health Center also provides care by telehealth.
Who Memphis Health Center serves
15,067 patients used Memphis Health Center in 2025. 82% live at or below the poverty line and 97% are at or below twice the poverty line. 1,097 patients were experiencing homelessness and 59 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | TN median | U.S. median | vs TN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 82% | 65% | 65% | +17 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 97% | 95% | 92% | +2 pts |
| Measure | This center | TN median | U.S. median | vs TN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 28% | 26% | 14% | +2 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 38% | 23% | 42% | +15 pts |
| Medicare patients | 11% | 13% | 11% | −2 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 22% | 28% | 24% | −5 pts |
Quality of care at Memphis Health Center
Memphis Health Center is at or above the Tennessee median on 3 of 6 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | TN median | U.S. median | vs TN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 60% | 66% | 68% | −5 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 47% | 48% | 54% | −1 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 24% | 46% | 54% | −21 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 91% | 86% | 77% | +6 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 90% | 89% | 86% | +1 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 86% | 78% | 79% | +8 pts |
Staffing at Memphis Health Center
The health center employs 133 full-time-equivalent staff, including 19 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 5 dental staff and 1 mental health staff. That is 813 patients per clinical provider against the Tennessee median of 813 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 54,601 visits, about 3.6 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 38133
179 Memphis Health Center patients live in ZIP 38133, and 84% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Christ Community Health Services, Inc. — 668 patients from 38133
- Tri-State Community Health Center — 16 patients from 38133
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