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Protecting America's Uninsured:
Northeastern Region
Note: Not all programs at each institution are listed. To find out about
more programs at each individual institution, please contact the person
listed for additional information.
Connecticut
University of Connecticut Health Center
The South Park Inn Medical Clinic
The South Park Inn Medical Clinic is a student-managed medical clinic
serving the homeless community of Hartford. Opened by a group of medical
students from the University of Connecticut in October 1987, the clinic
serves more than 750 patients a year, providing primary care, counseling,
and health information.
Migrant Farm Workers Health Care Program
The Migrant Farm Workers Health Care Program offers medical services
three evenings a week (from mid-June to late-October) to hundreds of farm
workers. Faculty and students coordinate mobile clinics on farms across
Connecticut, targeting locations with the largest number of workers. Volunteers
emphasize health promotion and prevention, and education in ergonomics,
HIV, oral health, nutrition, and other health information.
The YMCA Adolescent Girls Medical Clinic
The YMCA Adolescent Girls Medical Clinic is a weekly clinic that provides
medical care and health education services to residents, aged 11 to 16,
at the YMCA emergency girls shelter. Established in 1995, the clinic serves
the acute needs of this underserved population while providing educational
opportunities for volunteer medical students.
Salvation Army Marshall House Medical Clinic
For a number of years, students of the University of Connecticut School
of Medicine have provided a free medical clinic for the residents of the
Salvation Army Marshall House, a homeless shelter in Hartford for single
and dual parent families, married couples, and single women, as well as
adolescents under the care of the State of Connecticut Department of Children
and Families.
Yale-New Haven Hospital - New Haven, CT
Connecticut Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection
Yale-New Haven Hospital is one of 16 sites in Connecticut offering a
comprehensive breast and cervical cancer screening program for medically
underserved women. Services such as mammograms, clinical breast exams,
and pap smears are offered free of charge for eligible women over age
40.
Maternal/Child Health Initiatives
Offered through the Yale-New Haven Hospital Women's Center, the program
Healthy Start attempts to reduce infant mortality, improve prenatal care,
and promote continuity of care from birth through adulthood.
TB Assistance and Follow-Up
Through the Winchester Fund, Yale-New Haven Hospital provides medicine
and health care for tuberculosis patients who cannot afford care.
Maryland
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences - Bethesda, MD
The Helping Hands Project
Each week, first and second-year medical students, USU physicians, and
GSN nurse practitioner students provide medical care to low-income families
in the Washington Metropolitan area who do not have access to treatment.
The students volunteer with the Helping Hands Project which includes three
clinics located in Maryland and are run by the Mobile Medical Care, Inc.
The three clinics provide services such as physical examinations, laboratory
analysis, management of acute and chronic diseases, mental health problems,
general health education, and referrals for x-ray examinations, specialty
care and secondary care.
The mission of the project is to ensure that people receive stable family
health care when they would otherwise be unable to afford it. The patients
are treated for chronic problems such as hypertension, depressions, arthritis,
and diabetes. Depending on the clinic, students see from six to fifteen
patients during their three-hour shifts.
Massachusetts
Boston University Medical Center
Outreach Van Project
The Outreach Van Project
was founded in 1997 by Boston University medical and public health students
to provide health care to the medically underserved and homeless communities
in Greater Boston. The Outreach Van offers food, clothing, blankets, and
medical supplies, and provides weekly outreach assistance and medical
services. By working closely with the community, the project has been
able to identify individuals who otherwise would not seek medical care
until their illness became critical.
Healthcare for the Homeless
Since 1985, Healthcare for the Homeless has provided clinical services
at 43 sites throughout Boston for more than six thousand homeless men
and women.
Boston HealthNet
Focusing strongly on urban health, Boston Medical Center is a founder
of Boston HealthNet, the network affiliation of the medical center, Boston
University School of Medicine and 15 community health centers. Boston
HealthNet is an integrated health care delivery system whose partners
provide outreach, prevention, primary care and specialty care and dental
services at sites located throughout Boston's neighborhoods.
Harvard Medical School
PACT Project
The PACT Project - Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment - cares
for residents of Boston's inner city by training students and community
members in techniques that promote health and reduce harm, combining medical
expertise with cultural competence. PACT teaches and promotes harm reduction
practices to help reduce HIV transmission, drug-related harm and poor
health outcomes. It increases access to culturally appropriate care and
social services for people living with HIV and mobilizes disenfranchised
communities to advocate for their health while addressing the underlying
conditions and inequalities that deepen vulnerability to HIV.
The Family Van
The Family Van was founded by an HMS faculty member and is operated in
conjunction with Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
The vehicle-based community outreach program goes directly to its clients
in their neighborhoods to educate, counsel, and connect them to appropriate
and available health services. The Van parks on the street corners in
some of Boston's poorest neighborhoods, and offers its free and confidential
services on a walk-in basis. Most of its clients are poor, uninsured,
and at high risk for bad health outcomes.
Bridging the Gap Refugee Project
Bridging the Gap Refugee Project partners students with refugee families
being seen at a community health center in Chelsea, MA. The project improves
the health and social functioning among newly arrived refugee families.
Serving an increasing number of families in its four year history, students
engage in systematic needs assessment of self-defined health and social
service priorities and address those needs through educational seminars
and one-on-one work with parents and children. Health professions students
also receive training and supervision in aspects of culturally competent
care, refugee health needs, community health organizing and case management.
Health Care for the Homeless Program
HMS students volunteer with the independently operated Boston Health
Care for the Homeless Program which provides homeless men and women access
to health care in the greater Boston area in a variety of settings-homeless
shelters, soup kitchens, transitional programs, respite centers, and hospital-based
clinics. A street outreach team works with men and women who for whatever
reason, refuse to come into shelter.
University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS)
Community Medicine Clerkship
UMMS' Department of Family Medicine and Community Health provides clinical
care to communities throughout Massachusetts, including many that are
underserved. More than twenty years ago, UMMS was one of the pioneers
in establishing a program in which first-year medical students are required
to study health problems and health services by spending two weeks in
local communities faced with a variety of challenges. Through the Community
Medicine Clerkship, students' understanding of the importance of the community
context in health care is realized through first-hand experience in community
health centers affiliated with the medical school. The clerkship trains
future doctors to understand and serve the health needs of populations
traditionally neglected in medical education, yet which have a major impact
on health care costs.
In addition to medical concerns, students focus on the problems and services
that exist for such groups as racial minorities, patients with AIDS, poor
families, substance abusers, the elderly, the homeless, the mentally disabled
and abused children.
Commonwealth Medicine's MassHealth Access Program (MAP)
Commonwealth Medicine (CM) is a unique UMMS department comprised of multiple
centers which helps public sector health care agencies and programs optimize
their efficiency and effectiveness.
One CM program is the Office of Community Programs/MassHealth Access
Program (MAP), which focuses on improving the supply and distribution
of healthcare professionals, with an emphasis on providing primary care
for under-served populations. MAP works closely with MassHealth, the Massachusetts
Medicaid program, and its physician providers on policy and new program
development in areas such as managed care readiness for community health
centers; education and training; cultural competency; workforce development;
dental services; and healthcare access and medical services outreach.
Pathway on Serving Multicultural and Underserved Populations
Pathway on Serving Multicultural and Underserved Populations is a longitudinal,
four-year curriculum designed to train medical students to serve newcomer
immigrant and refugee populations in Massachusetts-the seventh leading
state in the country for such groups-through linguistic, cultural and
clinical experiences both here and abroad.
During the students' pre-clinical years, they shadow a physician in a
community health center and participate in language or cultural immersion
abroad, or a community service project in Massachusetts.
Tufts University School of Medicine
The Sharewood Project
Sharewood is a student-run free health care organization offering unscheduled
care to the medically underserved populations of the greater Boston area.
Sharewood is located in the recreation area of the First Church of Malden
in Malden, MA. The clinic operates Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m..
Sharewood is staffed by volunteer physicians, medical students, and translators,
and provides acute care, social services, and dental and laboratory screenings.
All services are free and open to everyone.
New Jersey
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Project Hope
Project Hope is a clinic that provides free health care to the homeless
two days a week. Visitors to the clinic get free screenings, examinations,
treatment and referrals.
Share
Student Health Advocates for Resources and Education Center (SHARE) is
the only student-run organization that promotes community service at UMDNJ-New
Jersey Medical School in Newark. The S.H.A.R.E. Center serves as the forum
for communication between the various community service activities at
the medical school. In addition, the Center serves as a vital link between
NJMS and the numerous outreach organizations in the Newark area. The S.H.A.R.E.
Center is the umbrella organization for the following volunteer opportunities:
Students Teaching AIDS to Students (STATS) utilizes the knowledge of
medical students by bringing HIV/AIDS education to local middle schools.
STATS emphasizes information, protection, and prevention in its interactive
modules.
Student Family Health Care Clinic (SFHCC) provides free, quality medical
care to the Newark community. Teams of medical students treat patients
under the supervision of licensed physicians. The evening clinics provide
health care to those with no insurance coverage as well as an opportunity
for medical students to develop clinical skills throughout all four years
of medical school.
Community 2000 (C2000) is a project with three major components. C2000
sponsors health fairs, which provide general health screenings to local
residents. C2000 outreach groups consist of teams of medical students
who visit community centers to run interactive, educational workshops
on various health maintenance themes. The third component of C2000 is
a lecture series for the students of NJMS. Topics presented focus on community
health issues affecting the greater Newark area.
HipHop
What started as a small ad hoc group of dedicated medical students searching
for a way to provide a service to the community, has now become a well-structured
organization involving over 200 medical and physician assistant students,
faculty/staff member and community representatives. An eleven-member volunteer
student Steering Committee, which is advised by five volunteer faculty
members, administrates the project.
The Eric B. Chandler Health Center
The Eric B. Chandler Health Center is a federally funded community health
center that is owned and operated by the UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School in collaboration with a community board. Last year, the Chandler
Health Center provided over 36,000 patient encounters to a diverse, multicultural,
largely indigent patient population. Approximately 52 percent of patients
seen in the center are uninsured, with another 43 percent being covered
by Medicaid. Acute and chronic care is provided to patients of all ages
by faculty, residents, and students from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School. Residents in pediatrics, internal medicine, family practice, and
ob/gyn have longitudinal training experiences at the center. Each year
over 50 primary care residents and 40 to 50 medical students rotate in
the center. Other services provided at Chandler include: laboratory services,
podiatry, acute and preventive dental care, nutritional counseling, social
services, and an HIV/AIDS clinic.
The Chandler Health Center provides access to high quality primary medical
and dental care to the uninsured in the greater New Brunswick community.
The center offers a sliding fee scale so that patients who are unable
to afford care in the private sector can access a wide range of services
for one nominal fee. Additionally, indigent patients are assisted by social
workers from the Center in applying for the medication assistance programs
offered by various pharmaceutical companies. Uninsured patients can access
specialty care from medical school faculty when referred by Chandler providers.
New York
Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery - New York, NY
Community Voices Funded by the WK Kellogg Foundation, the program at
Columbia is one of 13 sites funded nationally. The project has four major
goals: (1) increase the number of children enrolled in CHP and Medicaid
(2) Create an insurance product for the families of these children (3)
Develop health promotion and disease prevention programs and (4) address
the issue of hard to cover services such as mental and dental health services.
The program has been a catalyst for the development of a major asthma
initiative in Washington Heights/Inwood and Harlem in New York City and
for the development of a case management program at New York Presbyterian
Hospital.
- Contact: Sandra Harris, executive director of program, 212-304-7030
- Media Contact: Ivy Fairchild,
media relations, 212-305-6359
Mount Sinai School of Medicine - New York, NY
The Visiting Doctors Program
Geriatric medical care and palliative care are provided to patients who
can no longer get out to see their doctor or for whom going to a doctor
would be an undue burden. From its inception the program has worked very
closely with the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service-a
nonprofit community-based organization that works with the people of East
Harlem to address the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual
dimensions of family health. While the relationship with the Little Sisters
remains extremely strong, the program has expanded so that it now works
with nursing services throughout New York City.
Four physicians, two nurse practitioners and several community groups
are involved in the program. Additionally, all second year residents spend
one month going on home visits. The choice of second year for this rotation
was to ensure that residents had sufficient experience before going on
home visits, but were given an antidote to the cynicism that often affects
residents.
Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
The first adolescent-specific health service in New York State, the Mount
Sinai Adolescent Health Center (AHC) has led the nation for more than
thirty years in offering high quality, comprehensive, age-appropriate
care to young people. Today, it stands as the largest program of its kind
in the country and as a model for reaching out effectively to this age
group. Among the AHC's pioneering programs were the first adolescent-focused
drug prevention and treatment program in New York City (1971); New York
State's first school-based health center (1983); and its first HIV bereavement
group (1989).
Through the primary medical, mental health and reproductive health services
it provides to community young people, the AHC is most fundamentally dedicated
to helping them make informed, healthy choices-whether about diet and
exercise, substance abuse, violence prevention, or any other issue confronting
a teenager today. Its success in achieving its goals reflects both the
scope and spirit of its interdisciplinary, bilingual services, which
are not only affordable and accessible, but also welcoming, trust-inspiring,
and able to provide real help with real problems.
New York Methodist Hospital
Ambulatory Care Centers: Emergency Room, Outpatient Clinics, Family
Health Centers
Emergency medical care (in Emergency departments) and non-emergency diagnosis
and treatment (in outpatient clinic and family health centers) are provided.
All patients presently in the ER are evaluated and treated if emergency
care is appropriate. Outpatient and FHC's offer sliding sale, financial
counseling, and help with application for state and federal insurance
programs.
- Contact: Lyn S. Hill, 718-780-3301
University of Rochester Medical Center - Rochester, NY
Strong Health
The University of Rochester Medical Center and Strong Health are working
to make Rochester America's healthiest community by the year 2020. The
patient care network offers everything from vibrant primary care to tertiary-level
services, long-term care services and robust home care options. Under
the leadership of new deans, the University of Rochester School of Medicine
and Dentistry and the School of Nursing are celebrating the success of
their strategic plans. Both have restructured their curricula to include
an emphasis on illness prevention and the principles of community health
improvement.
Through a partnership with Westside Health Services, inner-city residents
will have improved care management and access to inpatient services. The
partnership extends a longstanding teaching affiliation in which residents
in the urban track of Highland Hospital's Family Medicine program rotate
through Westside.
Strong Health, through a program entitled "Project Believe," has launched
a number of new projects, including an effort in over 30 Rochester City
School District schools to reduce the complications experienced by children
with asthma. The goal is to improve the quality of life for these children
so that they can concentrate on their studies and ultimately become self-fulfilled
and productive members of society. They have also introduced school-based
programs to help children with childhood diabetes delay the onset of complications,
and to help those at risk for adult-onset diabetes to reduce their risk
factors.
Pennsylvania
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network - Philadelphia, PA
Cancer Awareness Program (CAP)
CAP provides outreach, education and screening related to breast, cervical,
prostate and colorectal cancer to underserved minority clients in North
Philadelphia. It is a joint program of Albert Einstein Medical Center,
Office of Minority Health, North Philadelphia Cancer Awareness and Prevention
Program, La Salle Neighborhood Nursing Center, American Cancer Society
and Philadelphia Health Corps-Americorps. CAP's goal is to decrease cancer
mortality by encouraging lifestyle changes and regular cancer checkups.
Physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and outreach personnel run the
education sessions and screening. Nurse clinicians and public health nurses
provide follow-up case management.
- Contact: Sharon Starr, RN, 1-800-887-0741; Martha
Wright, (media) 215-456-6738
Sisters in Shape
Sisters in Shape is a free, 12-week health and fitness program geared
to African American women in Germantown, a Philadelphia neighborhood.
The program is offered through Einstein Heart Institute and sponsored
by the Women's Board of Germantown Community Health Services. Sisters
in Shape seeks to educate and motivate African-American women in the community
to make health and fitness a priority, with the goal of addressing heart
disease, diabetes, hypertension and other lifestyle-related health issues.
Activities include exercise, nutrition, counseling and motivational discussions.
- Contact: Marilyn Tadlock, community relations director, 215-951-8142;
Martha Wright, (media)
215-456-6738
Health Insurance Enrollment in Philadelphia Schools
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network is one of several major Philadelphia
health care providers participating in a pilot project designed to increase
health insurance enrollment for children of low-income families. Thousands
of children remain without coverage, even though their families may be
eligible. Through the efforts of outreach workers, this school-based project
intends to increase the number of children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP,
without significantly increasing the rate of errors (children enrolled
incorrectly). Based on the pilot outcome, the program may serve as a state
and national model for other children's health insurance outreach efforts.
The Delaware Valley Healthcare Council of HAP is the principal investigative
agency. The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, the Pennsylvania
Department of Insurance, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service,
Region III, and the Health Care Financing Administration are providing
funding.
- Contact: Marilyn Tadlock, community relations director, 215-951-8142;
Martha Wright, (media)
215-456-6738
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network operates a number of clinics
staffed by medical residents and their physician teachers. In fiscal year
2000, these clinics recorded 116,107 visits. The clinics provide high-quality
health care at an affordable cost for families whose income level qualifies
them. As a charitable, non-profit organization, we provide health services
to our patients based on need, regardless of their ability to pay.
Temple University Children's Medical Center - Philadelphia, PA
Project Access
Project Access, is an outreach program that helps parents enroll children
in insurance programs. Staff go into the North Philadelphia community,
block by block, to help families obtain health insurance and health care
for their children.
The Project Access team serves the uninsured community by:
- Enrolling uninsured children in the free or low-cost insurance program
for which they qualify;
- Assisting families in the identification of, and enrollment with,
a primary health care provider;
- Educating families about the importance of primary and preventive
health care and the appropriate utilization of community providers and
resources;
- Referring families with deeper individual, social and economic issues
that create barriers to economic and personal self-sufficiency.
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center
East End Community Health Center
Staffed by three board-certified family practitioners, the East End Community
Health Center (EECHC) works with community agencies, neighborhood organizations,
and area churches to reach out and improve the health and wellness of
Pittsburgh's East End community. EEHC provides total adult health care
and screening for men and women, pediatric care, checkups, immunizations,
and acute care, family planning services, obstetric and newborn care,
gynecologic care, minor surgical and dermatology procedures, and the service
of a social worker. There is a physician on call 24 hours a day, and local
house calls are available. EEHC is dedicated to providing the members
of the East End Community with the best possible medical care regardless
of age, race, sexual orientation, religion, or ability to pay.
Health Care for the Homeless
The Health Care for the Homeless Project (HCHP) is an independent non-profit
organization that provides access to comprehensive health services through
on-site congregate clinics to homeless men, women, and children. The health
teams that work in the clinics consist of physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners,
and case managers. The project also offers a prescription drug voucher
program. HCHP clinics can be found in soup kitchens, teen runaway shelters,
various single adult shelters, and family crisis centers throughout the
greater Pittsburgh area. University of Pittsburgh faculty, students, and
residents volunteer in many HCHP programs throughout the city.
- Contact: Jennifer Williams, 412-244-3529
Operation Safety Net
Operation Safety Net is a program that provides direct medical care to
the street homeless population in the city of Pittsburgh through "street
teams" and a mobile van service. The teams are comprised of clinician
volunteers and formerly homeless individuals that serve as outreach guides.
Together, they build relationships of trust and work to eliminate barriers
to health care services. A full-time case management staff utilizes computerized
information, targeted interventions and preventive medicine initiatives
to promote the health of the street homeless. Clients are also followed
through local hospital systems or other locations to provide a complete
"home care" service. Operation Safety Net is recognized as one
of the nations' first targeted full time street medicine programs and
continues to set the standard for this unique form of health care. Street
teams and a mobile van unit cover a wide geographic area around the city
each week including Downtown, the Hill District, North Side, South Side,
Oakland, McKeesport, McKees Rocks and along the Rt. 28 corridor. Visits
are made, however, to any location where an unsheltered person needs service.
There are more than 16 street teams and over 30 clinical volunteers, including
many from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Rhode Island
Brown University Program in Medicine - Providence, RI
Adolescent Health Education Project
Groups of medical students visit local high schools, community centers,
Boy and Girl Scout groups, and juvenile detention centers, conducting
informal discussion sessions about sex and sexuality, drugs and alcohol,
pregnancy, relationships, peer pressure, AIDs, family dynamics, and role-playing
in relationships. Future plans include a sexual decision-making program
for teens with the aid of guidance counselors at Hope High School.
Brown University AIDS Program
This program provides care to thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS
at multiple sites in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In partnership with
community and clinical researchers, BRUNAP's clinical teaching sites include
all of the Brown University teaching hospitals, providing a focus for
the planning and implementation of Brown's research, education, and community
services related to HIV/AIDS infection.
Community Health Advocacy Program (CHAP)
This program provides better links between underserved communities underserved
and existing health services and programs. A collaboration among Brown
University medical students, community leaders, and local health professionals,
CHAP provides free advocacy services to the community and increases medical
students' experiences in preventative health and community-based medicine.
Medical student teams, working with a physician mentor, are assigned to
specific community sites to conduct educational programs, make referrals,
and organize annual health fairs.
Comprehensive HIV Care Within Prison
The Miriam Hospital Immunology Center coordinates the comprehensive care
of HIV-infected inmates at Rhode Island's Adult Correctional Institute.
The Center also operates numerous projects through Ryan-White funded grants
to provide care to HIV-positive incarcerated men and women, and to provide
preventive services to HIV-negative high-risk individuals in prison.
Daniel Hale Williams Medical Society's Annual Free Health Fair
The Daniel Hale Williams Medical Society, Brown University School of
Medicine's chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA),
organizes an annual health fair to inform the public about the health
issues affecting minority communities. Hypertension, glucose, cholesterol,
nutrition, sexually transmitted diseases, and AIDS are among the topics.
Family Health Care at SSTAR (Stanley Street Treatment and Resources)
This program was founded to provide comprehensive care to all individuals,
regardless of ability to pay, in the greater Fall River area. Comprehensive
HIV care is also provided at this site for people in southeastern Massachusetts.
SSTAR has a formal link with the Miriam Hospital Immunology Center, with
which it shares staff and clinical trials.
- Contact: Karen Tashima, M.D., coordinator, 508-675-1054
January Term Medical Program
The January Term Medical Program provides opportunities for Brown undergraduates
and Brown medical students seeking experience in community-based settings.
During the January break, students apply for full-time placements in Rhode
Island medical agencies: the Rhode Island Medical Examiner's Office, the
Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline, the Adult Correctional
Institute, and a community-based substance abuse treatment facility.
Reach Out: Physicians Initiative to Expand Care to Underserved Americans
This national initiative based at Brown aims to create innovative models
in which private physicians provide leadership to meet the needs of people
who have difficulty obtaining health care. Through Reach Out, competitive
grants will be awarded to projects in 40-50 communities across the nation
that link private physicians and underserved patients.
The Child Protection Program at Hasbro Children's Hospital
Since its inception in 1996, thousands of children have been evaluated
at this comprehensive hospital-based child-protection program, and the
number of referrals continues to grow. A range of services are offered:
specialized services to diagnose and treat those who may have been sexually
abused; the use of state-of-the-art medical equipment as an adjunct to
diagnosis; comprehensive medical examinations to assess physical injuries
resulting from abuse; 24-hour medical consultation services for abused
children requiring emergent responses; collaboration with state child
protection agencies, advocacy centers, law enforcement agencies, and the
Attorney General; and community education presentations about child abuse
and maltreatment.
Volunteers in Health Care
A national resource program and technical assistance center funded by
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that assists volunteer-based health
care programs serving the uninsured. The program offers customized assistance
and tools for providers, along with a small grant program and networking
services.
Vermont
Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center - Hanover,
NH
Good Neighbor Health Clinic
Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center support
the Good Neighbor Health Clinic, Vermont's oldest free clinic. The clinic
serves uninsured residents of New Hampshire and Vermont who are unable
to pay for medical services they need. More than 75 percent of the physicians
who volunteer their time to see patients at the clinic are faculty members
and residents affiliated with Dartmouth. Many medical students also donate
their time for community service there.
The clinic has an agreement for patients to obtain lab work free of charge
at the medical center and receives donations of equipment and supplies
from Dartmouth. It also services as a general community health resource
for education and information, as well as referrals for patients who may
be able to afford health care.
- Contact: Hali Wickner,
communications director, 603-650-1520
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