Our History
1988: Westside Health Services opens in Adams Four Shopping Center in Wilmington as a nurse-managed health center on August 22nd
1990: Lolita Lopez joins Westside as Executive Director
1994: Is the 17th health center to become a Federally Qualified Health Center
1998: Expands and moves to 4th Street office, growing from 6 to 16 exams rooms
2000: Earns Joint Commission Accreditation
2002: 4th Street dental suite opens; Begins offering behavioral health services
2003: Northeast health center opens
2004: Newark health center opens
2007: Transfers to an electronic medical record system; Westside Health Services is rebranded as Westside Family Healthcare; Becomes a training site for Christiana Care General Practice Dentistry Residency Program
2009: Bear/New Castle health center opens; “We Deliver” program launches providing comprehensive prenatal services
2011: Dover health center opens
2012: Obtains a mobile health unit to care for agricultural workers in Kent and Sussex counties; Earns Primary Care Medical Home certification through Joint Commission; Middletown health center opens
2013: Begins providing outreach and enrollment services for the Health Insurance Marketplace
2014: Dental suite opens at Dover health center
2016: Christiana Care Family Medicine Residency Program forms where physician residents provide care Westside health centers
2017: Serves over 30,000 patients through 100,000 patient visits annually for the first time; Dental satellite sites open at Newark and Northeast health centers; Middletown and Bear sites consolidate into Bear location
2018: Celebrates 30 years providing healthcare for all
