Making Medication Accessible Through the Patient Assistant Program

Five years ago, MHSI established a Patient Assistance Program (PAP) so farmworkers have access to medication that would otherwise be unaffordable. Through the PAP, MHSI works with 14 different pharmaceutical companies to provide farmworkers with medications at little to no cost. As of November 2013, there were 51 patients enrolled in the program with 40-45 patients actively participating…

Tracking and Evaluating Outreach to Improve Performance

Tracking and evaluating outreach programs enables organizations to measure success, identify areas for improvement, and maintain accountability to funders, staff, clients, and the community. CareSouth Carolina utilizes tracking and performance improvement methods to strengthen and sustain its outreach efforts…

Using Patient-Centered Mobile Health Care to Serve Chronically Homeless Individuals

Mobile health programs are one way that organizations can bring critical health services directly to patients where they live and work. Public Health – Seattle & King County uses a mobile health program to connect unsheltered and chronically homeless individuals to medical, dental, and mental health services…

Using a Cultural Lens to Deliver Health Services: The Medically Trained Cultural Liaison Model

Community health centers strive to be responsive to the needs of their patients. By recognizing that behaviors and beliefs are often influenced by culture, language, and social interactions, health centers can better design and deliver services that meet the needs of individuals, families, and their communities. La Maestra Community Health Centers aim to be responsive to their patients’ needs by integrating a Medically Trained Cultural Liaison model…

Got Coverage? Health Care For All Phone-a-thon to Increase Enrollment

In 2011, Massachusetts estimated 32,000 children, 2% of all children in the state, were uninsured. A large number of Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking immigrants live in Massachusetts. So many of the uninsured children’s parents faced language barriers or held fears regarding how enrolling in public health insurance would affect immigrations status…