Community Connections
What is it?
Healthy Woman is a community that empowers women with the confidence to make informed health care decisions for themselves and their families. Four events are held each year, including an annual conference with a well-known keynote speaker, a dinner with a local speaker or performer,…
What is it?Ellenville Senior Apartments is a 144-unit affordable living facility on the hospital campus. All units are equipped with Energy Star-rated appliances, lighting, HVAC, and central air. Other amenities include a community room with a kitchen and 24-hour emergency services. The project is…
What is it?The Gateway Community Health Centers (GCHC) Field Clinic Team consists of a nurse practitioner, outreach coordinator, outreach worker, and nurses. These volunteers deliver health care directly to migrant workers, setting up weekly field clinics during the growing season – from May to…
What is it?Housed in a pediatric-friendly area in the hospital's Emergency Center, the Pediatric After-Hours Referral Clinic provides a pediatrician and nurse practitioner for acutely ill children. Patients are seen on a referral basis from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 3 p.m.…
What is it?Operation Access (OA) was created in 1993 to mobilize a network of medical volunteers, hospitals, and referring community clinics to provide low-income, uninsured people access to donated outpatient surgeries and specialty care that improve their health, ability to work, and quality of…
What is it?Patee Market Youth Dental Clinic is a dental service that was developed by Heartland Health in 2002. Heartland Health has formed a partnership with Northwest Health Services (NWHS), a federally qualified health center. The clinic is now a part of NWHS, but the dentist is a Heartland…
What is it?The Community Outreach Health Clinic provides free care to uninsured and underinsured patients in the Menomonee Falls area. The clinic is open two evenings and one afternoon each week, and is staffed by volunteer physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other clinical and clerical…
What is it?Hundreds of students have been exposed to and learned about many medical career fields through Career Discovery Days since its beginning in 2006. Area schools receive invitations, encouraging students to participate. Nearly every area school is represented through student attendees. As…
What is it?Over the past decade, Intermountain introduced a new mental health integration (MHI) model, radically changing the way primary care is delivered by improving service coordination and quality outcomes. Through standardized assessments, a team-based approach, and ongoing training, mental…
What is it?The River Cottage is a large four-bedroom home that sits on the bluff overlooking the Wailuku River Waterfall, on the campus of the Hilo Medical Center hospital. The HMC Foundation led the renovation of the vacant cottage, with assistance from many elements of the East Hawaii community,…