1. How long have you been working in this community?
8years
2.What is your role as a provider in this community? Nurse practitioner
3.What other departments you are collaborating within this community?
Surgery, medicine, social work, case Managment, physical therapy, Interventional Radiology
4.What population are you working with?
Young ..middle age..&geriatric. A lot are of low socioeconomic status, & uninsured.
5.What are the some of the health issues faced by patients in this community?
HTN, diabetes, Alcohol abuse, vascular problems, obesity. 6.What type of patient education do you do for your patients?
Diet, exercise, importance of taking prescribed medications, complying with meds, smoking cessation, alcohol cessation,
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Maybe more patients would get regular check-ups that would prevent extra visits to the ER as well as early diagnosis. The patients who don't have insurance usually either don't go to the clinic because they don't want to sit there for hours and also overuse the ER for problems that could have been treated at a doctor's office/ or urgent care, or by the time they get to the ER their disease is very advanced.
10.What can you do to improve community health?
Continue to Provide excellent healthcare. Spread patient awareness by providing a lot of education on meds, exercise, diet and importance of early screening and thorough follow up. We offer Community Empowerment Program, which help their members to advance their life opportunities.(through English, GED and basic education classes, counseling career, and job training.
By bringing together organizations and individuals, we are will be able to produce sustainable and measurable impact upon community
By provide affordable child care for middle and low income families. The company also provides drug prevention, anti-gang programs for at-risk youth, and help military families to cope with having a family member to serve their country across oversea.
People would receive treatment in non-hospital settings such as physician offices, outpatient clinics, urgent care centers, etc. Individuals continue to delay treatment or to seek care in the ER, both of which ultimately increase the cost of caring for such individuals. Contrary to the perception that the uninsured account for a disproportionate amount of the increase in ED use, most of the increase in visits is due to increased use by insured people, specifically the privately insured (Center for Studying Health System Change, 2004). A study, conducted in 2006, revealed that over 40% of the payer distribution in the ED were by private insurance (Gooch, 2010). Consequently, hospital systems suffer financially in part because of millions of dollars in ED bills left unpaid.
Worker: One of the steps we identified is to join a social group in your community at least once per week. This will increase your changes to network and socialized with different people who are similar yet different than you. What do you think?
healthcare. The main goal of the organization is preventing unplanned pregnancies and promoting sexual health.
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• Organize, implement, and oversee patient activities in community-base social programs to develop and preserve a quality lifestyle.
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