Outer Cape Health Services provides comprehensive primary care, urgent care and specialty care, along with a range of supportive services, to Outer Cape residents, workers and visitors.

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Primary Care

Outer Cape Health Services offers excellent comprehensive primary care options in a number of fields, including internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics and osteopathy. Our highly qualified team of providers encourages preventive screenings, such as regular check-ups, inoculations, blood pressure screenings, nutritional counseling and well baby/child care.

Take the first step in finding the right primary care provider for you. Learn more about our Provincetown Primary Care Providers or our Wellfleet Primary Care Providers.

Urgent Care

IN AN EMERGENCY, CALL 911.
For Urgent Care, visiting us at our Provincetown or Wellfleet Health Center may save you a lengthy trip to Hyannis. Learn more about Urgent Care at OCHS.

Dental Care

OCHS gives Outer Cape residents, workers and visitors local access to excellent, affordable dental care. Our dental team provides primary and specialty oral health care, including endodontics, oral hygiene, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, preventive care, prosthodontics and restorative dentistry. Referrals to medical care and supportive social services are provided as needed. Our dental services office is located at 86 Harry Kemp Way in Provincetown. For appointments, call 508-487-9395 x2009.  (TTY: 508-487-9414).

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Specialty Care

Prenatal Care

Women's Health
Outer Cape Health Services recognizes that women face a wide range of unique medical issues, such as breast cancer, menopause and osteoporosis. We offer primary, preventive, gynecological and family planning care services, including pregnancy testing and birth control. Contact your OCHS Primary Care Provider for more information.

SANE (Sexual Assault Nursing Evaluation)

The SANE Program provides trained nursing professionals that provide a full array of forensic nursing care to victims of sexual assault including forensic physical examination and evidence collection, medication, crisis intervention, documentation of sexual assault history, and physical findings, discharge planning and referrals. SANE Nurses also work collaboratively with law enforcement and may provide testimony in criminal cases. The SANE Program provides a unique forensic nursing approach to patient care that empowers and cares for the patient without judgment, while maintaining dignity, respect and compassion.  The visit and related services are provided at no cost and is available at all three OCHS health centers.

Infectious Disease, Including HIV and Hepatitis C

Minor Dermatological Surgery

Nutrition

Office-Based Orthopedics

Podiatry

Pulmonary Medicine

Social Work

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Health Programs

HIV Screening and Case Management

OCHS is committed to helping people with HIV maintain and improve their health. We offer case management, clinical and financial social services and HIV/STI prevention, education counseling and testing. Learn more.

Teen Clinic

We recognize that adolescent needs are unique, and that teens often have concerns about their bodies, social development, physical and mental health. Offered every Friday at our Wellfleet Health Center, the Teen Clinic is a safe place where adolescents can get answers to questions and make informed decisions about their health. Learn more.

Travel Clinic

Plans to travel abroad can generate many health-related questions and concerns, particularly for those headed to remote or exotic locations. Since the summer of 2011, the OCHS Travel Clinic has been helping travelers obtain necessary vaccinations, teaching them about potential health risks before they leave the US, and helping them address any health concerns upon their return. Dr. William Shay received his Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine and is available by appointment at the Provincetown Health Center.

WIC (Women Infants and Children) Nutrition Program

WIC is a federally funded program for pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children under age five. The program provides free food, nutritional information and additional supportive services. Learn more.

Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) Program

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Additional Services

Healthy Connections: Financial/Insurance Assistance

Healthy Connections is a free and confidential service that connects those who are eligible to publicly-funded health insurance programs and other social services. Learn more.

Pharmacy

Located at the the Doc Callis Courtyard, 2700 Route 6 in Wellfleet, our 340B Pharmacy will offer a convenient, local place for filling prescriptions. As part of the federal government's 340B program, OCHS will receive significant savings on pharmaceuticals -- savings which we'll pass on to our patients. Not an OCHS patient? Not to worry. All members of the public will be able to fill any legitimate prescription at the new pharmacy, which means no more driving 20 minutes or more to access important medications.

Digital Radiology

OCHS is the only community health center on Cape cod offering digital radiology. This state-of-the-art technology is faster, safer and more efficient than film-based radiology systems, allowing patients to receive timely diagnosis for ailments ranging from bone fractures to pneumonia. X-ray images are taken on site at the OCHS Provincetown Medical Center and read remotely by radiologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Quest Diagnostics Clinic Laboratory

Specialty Testing

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