Chicago-area hospitals are addressing healthcare for low-income and uninsured patients by partnering with federally qualified community health centers, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Access Community Health Network, Chicago’s largest primary healthcare provider to the underserved, provides preventative and primary care at nearly 60 Chicagoland health centers.
After partnering with Access in February, Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago has been able to repair financial losses and provide more cost-effective care. In 2009, the hospital experienced a financial hemorrhage, which resulted in a six-month suspension of its labor and delivery department due to unnecessary emergency room visits and unpaid medical bills.
Now, Access provides primary OB-GYN care and sees about 50 patients per day, providing early intervention and preventative care so patients don’t rely solely on emergency rooms or walk-in clinics.
St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., a Resurrection Health Care facility, also partnered with Access in July.
Read the Chicago Tribune report on Chicagoland hospitals partnering with federally qualified community health centers.
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Access Community Health Network, Chicago’s largest primary healthcare provider to the underserved, provides preventative and primary care at nearly 60 Chicagoland health centers.
After partnering with Access in February, Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago has been able to repair financial losses and provide more cost-effective care. In 2009, the hospital experienced a financial hemorrhage, which resulted in a six-month suspension of its labor and delivery department due to unnecessary emergency room visits and unpaid medical bills.
Now, Access provides primary OB-GYN care and sees about 50 patients per day, providing early intervention and preventative care so patients don’t rely solely on emergency rooms or walk-in clinics.
St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., a Resurrection Health Care facility, also partnered with Access in July.
Read the Chicago Tribune report on Chicagoland hospitals partnering with federally qualified community health centers.
Read more about Chicago hospitals:
-Chicago's Delnor and Central DuPage Hospitals Talk Merger
-Illinois Regulators Approve Sale of Two Resurrection Hospitals to For-Profit Vanguard
-Chicago's Northwestern Hospital Plays Large Role in First Human Stem Cell Trial