莱特中心成立于 1976 年，前身是斯克兰顿-坦普尔住院医生项目。罗伯特-莱特（Robert E. Wright）医生是宾夕法尼亚州阿奇巴尔德（Archbald）人，他是莱特中心成立的先驱，领导了项目的启动，并争取到了社区的支持。莱特医生和其他早期支持医生培训计划的人特别关注培养选择在当地执业的医生。这些社区领袖预见到了填补宾夕法尼亚州东北部退休医生空缺的挑战。
该住院医师培训项目于 1977 年 7 月 1 日迎来了第一批学生。首届学生包括六名内科医生。在此后的几十年里，该计划已发展成为美国卫生资源与服务管理局（HRSA）资助的全美最大的教学保健中心研究生医学教育安全网联盟之一。2010 年，斯克兰顿-坦普尔住院医师培训项目董事会投票决定以莱特博士的名字重新命名该组织。 了解更多关于莱特博士的更多信息。
In the more than 50 years since its founding, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education has grown in size and scope to reflect the community’s – and the nation’s – evolving needs. It now trains hundreds of resident and fellow physicians each academic year. All of its residency and fellowship programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Learn about the programs.
赖特中心的学员在医院和社区环境中接受培训，包括赖特社区健康中心运营的健康中心。该组织由社区所有、患者管理。它每年为数以万计的患者提供服务，为各个年龄段的人提供全面的初级保健和预防保健服务。 了解我们的全人初级保健服务.
Today, The Wright Center nonprofit enterprise is a mission-driven organization with nearly 680 employees. Its humble origins remain a point of pride. However, it increasingly is active far beyond Greater Scranton, advocating at the state and national levels for needed improvements to both the U.S. medical education system and healthcare delivery system.
In 2019, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designated The Wright Center as a Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike. This designation has allowed The Wright Center to access federal resources and expertise so that it can better meet community needs. It continues to expand access to affordable, high-quality whole-person primary and preventive health services to the region’s residents, including those from rural and other medically underserved areas.
On Aug. 1, 2026, The Wright Center for Community Health achieved a transformational milestone when HRSA designated it as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Awarded through HRSA’s highly competitive New Access Point Program, the designation transitions The Wright Center from an FQHC Look-Alike to a funded FQHC, providing new resources to expand access to affordable, high-quality whole-person primary and preventive health services throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. It also creates new opportunities to strengthen community-based physician training, workforce development, innovative models of care, and community outreach.
For the communities we serve, the designation means a stronger healthcare safety net and greater capacity to meet people where they are. It enables The Wright Center to establish its first community health center in Monroe County, extending integrated medical, dental, mental and behavioral health, and addiction and recovery services to residents of a rural area with limited access to care. More broadly, the designation will help The Wright Center continue ensuring that individuals and families can access comprehensive, compassionate care close to home, regardless of their ability to pay.
The new designation means The Wright Center will have health centers in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Wayne, and Wyoming counties.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wright Center acquired a mobile medical and dental unit called Driving Better Health. A care team uses the vehicle to extend primary and preventive services, such as immunizations, to historically marginalized and hard-to-reach populations, meeting patients where they live, work, play, and study.
赖特中心为所有患者提供医疗服务，无论其收入水平如何，也无论其保险额度是否不足或没有保险。没有病人会因为无力支付而被拒之门外。根据家庭人口和收入情况，符合条件的个人可享受按比例收费折扣计划。
The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement, a subsidiary of The Wright Center for Community Health, was formalized in the 2020s. It focuses on expanding access to care and addressing the social drivers of health – including food insecurity, homelessness and poverty – that can adversely affect underserved patients.
The Wright Center’s complementary organizations all are working in tandem to fulfill the enterprise’s mission. Read more about our mission and values, and a bold 10-year vision.
