| Our Healthcorps Staff |
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| Susan works out of our Cherry Street clinic. In addition to doing some working on productivity graphs, Susan works on two projects. The first is a diabetes program that enters patients with diabetes into a program for a study, which also ensures that those patients receive the necessary tests each year. Her second duty is as Assistant Coordinator of the Women's Cancer Screening Program, which includes the Women's Health Network, a program that offers free mammograms and pap smears to women without insurance. Susan also helps with our car seat donation program, assisting low-income clients receive free car seats. |
| Lekisha works out of Cherry Street clinic. She makes reminder calls to patients of all of our medical providers. Lekisha also helps many women apply for MIChild and Healthy Kids, which are free or low-cost health insurance programs. Lekisha is also working on starting a prenatal incentive program in which women receive products for their babies when they attend appointments at Cherry Street while they are pregnant. |
| Kylene works at our clinic at Union High school. Kylene works with the students there to ensure they receive the services they need. She also helps with MIChild, Healthy Kids and medicaid applications for the children and their parents. During the summer, when school is out, Kylene works at Cherry Street on our Patient Assistance Program. With this program, she helps patients without insurance get their prescription medication. Kylene also works on our car seat donation program, using her Spanish-speaking skills to help women who can't afford car seats receive free ones! |
| All of our staff is multi-functional! Healthcorps members all bring different skills to Cherry Street and work on many different programs to improve the quality of care for people in the Grand Rapids Community. |
| Meegan is a social work intern that is also an Americorps worker at our Westside Clinic. Meegan calls patients at Westside to remind them of their appointments. She also does follow-up calls to find out why patients miss their appointments. Meegan also facilitates a "Let's Talk" group in an area middle school. This group helps the students talk about issues that vary from week to week. She is also developing curriculum for a stop-smoking group at Cherry Street. |
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| Julia works out of our dental clinic at Cherry Street Health Services. Julia works with our travelling dental school program. She does follow-up calls to the parents of students who need dental care. She also contacts the families to help them receive health insurance. Julia also helps our dental department with scheduling appointments. Julia has had great success in helping children who need emergency dental work get the follow-up care they need! |
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