Prescription for Coverage: Provider Referrals for Insurance Coverage
There have been many changes to health insurance coverage in the U.S. over the past 10 years such as declining employer-based insurance and increased government insurance, but the uninsured rate has stayed relatively constant…
Providing Transportation Services to Seniors by Investing in Collaborations and Community Resources
Community-Based Organization: Seniors First | Auburn, CA Contact: Amy Bakker, Transportation Coordinator | www.seniorsfirst.org Many senior residents of Placer County, California have reduced transportation options due to financial or physical limitations....Using Volunteer Drivers and Partnerships to Provide Transportation Services
Community-Based Organization: Helping Our Women (HOW) | Provincetown, MA Contact: Nancy Lynch, Executive Director | www.helpingourwomen.org The Outer Cape Cod area in Massachusetts consists of a series of four small towns located in a remote, rural, and medically...Working with Interns and Volunteers to Reach Retired African American Farmworkers
Community Health Center: Piedmont Health Services, Inc. | Prospect Hill, North Carolina Contact: Patricia Morales, Migrant Health Program Coordinator Every year HOP presents the Sister Cecilia B. Abhold Award to three organizations demonstrating excellence in health...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…
Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawai’i
For many low-income and immigrant communities in Hawai’i, getting cut off from food stamps, struggling to pay rent, or trying to access health care services–often without the availability of interpreters–can significantly impact their health and well-being…