Community Connections
What is it?The Native Hawaiian Health Program (NHH) targets clinical outcomes, health care training, research, access and outreach. The medical center collaborates with other organizations to provide health care training and education opportunities to Native Hawaiian students and those committed to鈥
What is it?The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) MammoVan is a three-room, disabled-accessible mobile mammography unit that travels to 26 Arkansas counties. Outfitted with the most advanced digital mammography equipment, it is staffed by a certified mammography technologist and a鈥
What is it?The clinic is a broad-based network of more than 300 volunteer physicians, dentists and other clinicians who provide access to the highest quality specialty care services in King County. Using case management, the program diverts patients from using emergency departments for their non-鈥
What is it?In 1995, St. Joseph鈥檚 collaborated with the March of Dimes to develop a maternal outreach mobile unit (MOMobile) to provide early and continuous prenatal care to low-income women at little or no cost. The MOMobile has two fully equipped exam rooms, an ultrasound machine, an external鈥
What is it?The Rural Health Initiative (RHI) provides free health care 鈥渉ouse calls鈥 to more than 500 farm families in three counties in northeast Wisconsin. A rural health coordinator (RHC) brings basic preventive care and safety education to the kitchen table, offering no-cost health screenings鈥
OverviewMedStar National Rehabilitation Network (MedStar NRH) is working through a grant with the U.S. Paralympics and Department of Veterans Affairs to provide the Integrated Adapted Sports Program for Veterans. This program facilitates opportunities to enable disabled veterans to return to a鈥
OverviewSt. Rose Dominican Hospitals partners with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, National Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Avon Foundation to offer R.E.D. Rose (Responsible Early Detection of Breast Cancer). This collaborative program provides free clinical breast exams, mammograms, ultrasounds,鈥
What is it?Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC) Medical Group Pediatric Dental Clinic is a specialty clinic with four kid-friendly operatories. In addition, the PCRMC Ambulatory Surgery Unit is used weekly to complete cases in which the operating room is required for full-mouth restoration鈥
What is it?The school-based health center provides convenient access to preventive and primary health services for students who might otherwise have limited or no access to health care.Who is it for?Elementary, middle and high school students in five schools in Southwest Louisiana.Why do they do it鈥
What is it?Women can learn how to feel and look better than ever at St. Peter Hospital鈥檚 annual women鈥檚 wellness extravaganza 鈥 For Women Only. The event, now in its 12th year, has become so popular that it is held at the Helena Civic Center and offers a wide spectrum of free health screenings,鈥