Community Connections
What is it?MultiCare Center for Healthy Living was created in 1999 to promote community health and wellness. The Center helps individuals, families and employees of businesses in the county learn how to live healthier lives and decrease their risk of disease by offering a number of classes and…
What is it?Helping low-income citizens without prescription coverage obtain the drugs they need free of charge, this volunteer-run program acts as a liaison between patients, doctors and pharmaceutical companies to ensure that all paperwork is completed as required. Volunteers maintain ongoing and…
What is it?Trinity Medical Center developed a broad-based community partnership to provide an annual event each summer at the local high school before the start of the school year. The event’s mission is to promote the health, safety and well-being of all children. This event, which began in 1996,…
What is it?The Wise Remote Area Medical (RAM) Clinic is a two-and-a-half-day free clinic held in Wise, Va., each July. The scope of the event is stunning in both the numbers of patients needing services and the numbers of volunteers who come together to help. On-site participating clinical services…
OverviewJohnston Memorial Hospital is a non-profit, 135-bed community-owned hospital serving residents in rural southwest Virginia. The region has a high rate of obesity. To encourage a healthier, more active lifestyle, the Auxiliary to Johnston Memorial Hospital partnered with the Town of Abingdon…
What is it?The American Cancer Society (ACS) Resource Center was established at Deaconess Hospital in May 2006, in partnership with Deaconess Medical Center Volunteer Services and the Empire Health Services administration team. The ACS Resource Center is staffed solely by adult and college…
OverviewIn an effort to serve more patients, drastically shorten waiting times for appointments, and reduce transfers for expensive and limited hospital-based behavioral health services for a growing population of uninsured patients, Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP) integrated behavioral…
What is it?The Voluntary Care Clinic, staffed entirely by volunteer providers, offers free health care and pharmacy services, as well as referral to free or low-cost primary and specialty care. The Volunteer Care Clinic in Provo is a joint project of Intermountain Healthcare, primarily through Utah…
OverviewThe mission of the Intermountain Healthcare Community Prenatal Program is to expand access to pre- and post-natal care and improve birth outcomes and breastfeeding rates for underserved women. The primary target group is refugee, immigrant, low-income and uninsured women. The program…
What is it?The Trauma Nurses Talk Tough (TNTT) program features nurses, who witness injuries and heartache firsthand, counseling young people about the consequences of reckless driving and other unsafe behaviors. The program started modestly with an in-service session for local school nurses. Today…