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These Alabama Workers Were Swamped by Medical Debt. Then Their Employer Stepped In.

Noam N. Levey

September 19, 2024 |

KFF Health News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

The PhiferCares Clinic and pharmacy offers its employees and their families free healthcare and prescriptions. Phifer, a global manufacturing company, opened the clinic five years ago as a way to prevent medical bills from driving coworkers into debt and keeping them from retirement. This no-cost access to healthcare has helped 90% of Phifer employees hit their retirement goals, up from about 75% five years ago.

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A Community Health Model Is Helping Latinx Immigrants Understand Their Reproductive Rights

Kimberly Izar

September 17, 2024 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Jersey

Promotora de salud, or community health workers with the Abortion Justice Committee of New Jersey, help Latinx immigrants navigate and access reproductive healthcare. In a community survey, 42% of respondents said they struggled to access and understand reproductive health services, so the promotoras model helps share information with those who struggle to access it, advocates for expanding language access, and combats misinformation.

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Louisville groups offer therapy in unexpected places to make it more accessible to youth of color

Morgan Watkins

September 09, 2024 |

Louisville Public Media |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

Several Louisville organizations are addressing mental health care accessibility for youth of color by offering therapy in community spaces like barbershops, libraries, and other familiar environments. This approach aims to reduce stigma and has also made mental health care more accessible by eliminating barriers such as cost and location. Many youths who had participated in the therapy programs reported feeling more open to discussing their mental health.

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Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,' Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof

Phil Galewitz

August 02, 2024 |

KFF Health News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

In collaboration with Intuitive Health, UF Health has opened three centers that offer both ER and urgent care 24/7, at the same facility so patients don’t have to decide themselves which care they need. Instead, doctors at the center make that decision and then the system bills the patient accordingly. This helps them avoid taking on expensive ER bills when that level of care may not have been necessary.

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Work expands to prevent opioid overdoses for people leaving prison

Anne Blythe Rachel Crumpler

July 30, 2024 |

North Carolina Health News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Research has found that providing medications for opioid use disorder can help prevent overdoses after release from prison. The state’s Department of Adult Correction recently launched a pilot program to test this theory. 229 of the 287 participants received treatment, several of whom said the access to the medications helped save their lives.

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An Initiative's Quest to Ensure Access to Health Insurance For People Living With Sickle Cell Anaemia

Chinonso Kenneth

July 30, 2024 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ekiti

In partnership with the Ekiti State Health Insurance Scheme, the O.A. Initiative provides free basic healthcare services for people living with sickle cell anemia. The partnership currently serves over 800 people, covering the costs of care, including medicine, screenings and hospitalization, while also providing emotional and physical support.

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Babies don't come with instructions. But in Oregon, they now come with a nurse

Cory Turner

July 23, 2024 |

NPR |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Madras, Oregon

Family Connects offers free home visits from trained nurses for families with newborns in an effort to increase access to care and reduce infant and new mother mortality rates. The nurses conduct a medical exam and then provide support, guidance and answer any questions the new parents may have. Family Connects found that mothers who participated in the program were 30% less likely to experience postpartum depression or anxiety.

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Mobile mammogram unit increases access to life-saving screenings

Katie Ellington Serrao

July 19, 2024 |

Richland Source |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Richland County, Ohio

OhioHealth’s Mobile Mammography Units provide easy access to mammograms for people who are traditionally underserved by the healthcare system and facing transportation and financial obstacles. In its first year, the unit performed 900 screenings, and the mobile unit touts a first-time screening rate that is three times higher than brick-and-mortar mammography clinics.

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Muslim spiritual care providers improve outcomes at HCMC

Hibah Ansari

July 17, 2024 |

Sahan Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

In partnership with Open Path Resource, Hennepin Healthcare started integrating spiritual care into the medical care plan for Muslim patients to address stigma and build trust with medical professionals. The addition of spiritual care has had a significant impact on the hospital’s psychiatry department, reducing readmission rates from 24% in 2019, to 9% in 2023.

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Damascus Road: Drug court changing lives, saving taxpayers 'boatload of money'

Geoff Pender

July 15, 2024 |

Mississippi Today |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Columbia, Mississippi

Intervention Court provides programming and support to those struggling with addiction, connecting them to jobs, schooling and skills training to help them stay sober, re-enter society and stay out of jail. Nearly 11,000 people have graduated from one of the 42 drug courts throughout the state, and the courts average a recidivism rate of just 2.9% compared to the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ 35.4%.

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