five days per week as well as hire an additional physician for overlap and evening hours. Recently received grants that make it possible to open the SW Houston community medical center from 5-9 p.m. One of the only healthcare centers in Houston dedicated to uninsured families to offer comprehensive medical care that includes specialty medicine (cardiology, gynecology, ophthalmology, neurology, GIT, cancer prevention, mental health and family counseling etc.), dentistry and imagining services. In addition to housing specialty medical clinics, a special space is designed for physicians to educate patients about their disease, their required medications and/or nutrition. Specialty care services are now offered to Houston's uninsured such as women's health, urinary care, pediatric care, diabetic management program, nutrition, cardiovascular screenings/services or eye care. The rationale for the new Center was to allow additional space for the ever-increasing number of uninsured and poverty-stricken patients seen by the clinic each year. Funds for the new Center and the necessary equipment were supported by Houston's philanthropic community, the City of Houston, Cullen Trust for Health Care, and the Ibn Sina Foundation Board of Directors- a $1.8 million project. This unique medical center provides rare specialty medical services to Houston's uninsured and indigent. Mamarked the opening of a new expanded Ibn Sina Foundation Community Medical Center in Southwest Houston. In 2008 alone, Ibn Sina provided for over 32, 000 outpatient care (includes children). Since 2001, Ibn Sina has provided nearly 113, 000 outpatient visits (medical and dental) for low-income, uninsured Houstonians. The first Ibn Sina Community Medical Center was established in Southwest Houston in 2001 the second Ibn Sina Community Medical Center was established in 2004 in Southeast Houston. The Foundation's mission is to ensure the health of the community by providing integrated preventive and primary care in a clinic setting through the dissemination and application of health related knowledge, thereby enhancing the quality of life for future generations. The Ibn Sina Foundation was established in 2001 by a group of local physicians, business, and healthcare professionals to bridge the growing gap between the health care needs of a rapidly expanding population of underserved families, and the ability of existing public institutions to meet their needs.
0 kommentar(er)
