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…
Integrating a Legal Resource Calendar with Health Outreach
Many patients of community health centers have multiple needs in addition to their heath needs. Collaborations with social service agencies and other community-based organizations have been a great way for health centers to maximize on existing resources in the community and effectively mitigate the needs of their patients…
Supporting Farmworkers Every Step of the Way with Healthcare Case Management
When you access health care, what is your path? How would this path be different if you could not speak the language? What if you did not own a car or could not read public transportation signs? What if going to the doctor meant that you would lose a day of paid work? Accessing health care can be difficult. These challenges make it even more difficult…