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Feinberg second-year medical students screen patients for food insecurity
[Excerpted from News-Medical.net] As part of their second-year MD curriculum, a group of Feinberg students recently designed and implemented a community quality improvement project, screening patients for food insecurity at their Education-Centered Medical Home (ECMH)...
A new law allows donations of unused medications
Stephanie Willing, the CEO of Community Health joins Good Day Chicago to discuss the new law that went into effect Jan. 1. [Excerpt from interview, Fox32 Chicago] Steph: "Under this new law, any individual or institution can donate sealed, unexpired medications to any...
New law allows donation of unused medication in Illinois. But it could take some time to get started.
[Excerpted from Chicago Tribune] Free and charitable clinics with pharmacies may also benefit from the new law. Such clinics, which give uninsured and underinsured patients free services and medication, already receive donated or low-cost drugs, but typically only...
Becker’s Healthcare Podcast – ft. CEO Steph Willding
Last month, CEO Steph Willding appeared on Becker's Healthcare Podcast to discuss CommunityHealth's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and share her experience in the world of free and charitable health centers. Click here to listen!
Chicago clinics serving low-income patients mandate COVID-19 vaccines for employees, following lead of big hospitals
[Excerpted from Chicago Tribune] Esperanza Health Centers, Alivio Medical Center, AHS Family Health Center and CommunityHealth will require employees to get their first vaccine doses by Sept. 1. Together, the centers have more than a dozen clinics across the Chicago...
As Covid-19 Vaccinations Slow, Safety Net Providers Get Creative
[Excerpted from Direct Relief] ... Stephanie Willding, chief executive officer of the Chicago-based clinic CommunityHealth, explained that staff members have seen three separate stages in the vaccination process. First, she said, were people ready and even excited to...