Drive Thru, Prevent Flu/Lamar Delta County Medical Society. The Paris-Lamar County Health District is partnering with the Lamar-Delta County Medical Society and other community groups to provide an efficient method for residents to receive the influenza vaccine. The “drive-thru” shot clinic will reach 400 citizens, age 18 or older. The easy-access option will be a particular asset to both the elderly and to a vast majority of the rural community who find it difficult to visit a regular, walk-in clinic.
Project Access Tarrant County/Tarrant County Medical Society. Project Access Tarrant County (PATC) is a community collaboration that provides compassionate specialty care for Tarrant County’s uninsured. A network of volunteer physicians (TMA members), partnering hospitals, donating ancillary services, charitable community clinics, and other providers serve the target population of the uninsured working poor. To date, PATC has served more than 1,000 patients and provided more than $9.5 million worth of donated care that this population would otherwise be unable to access.
Alliance Refugee Wellness Fair; Baylor College of Medicine. This annual event provides direct medical, preventive and educational resources to the underserved refugee population that has resettled in Harris County. In partnership with several non-profit refugee resettlement agencies in the area, this initiative also will provide refugees with culturally competent resources to navigate the Harris Health System.
Aggie Health Project: Hepatitis C; Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. The homeless and indigent of Temple, Texas and Bell County will receive health maintenance screenings to include Hepatitis C and, when applicable, appropriate referral to community partners. Project partners include Martha’s Clinic, Texas A&M’s student-run free clinic. The addition of this screening addresses a disparity in available preventative services, creating opportunities for care and cure.
HOPE Health Fair (Helping Others Through Partnered Empowerment); University of Texas Medical Branch.This collaborative event will provide vaccines, health screenings and a meal to homeless and uninsured individuals living in Galveston, Texas. The UTMB TMA, Family Medicine Interest Group and Gold Humanism Honor Society will work together with St. Vincent’s Student Run Clinic to host the second annual HOPE Health Fair. The goal is to serve 250 individuals, a 25 percent increase over last year.
Last Updated On
November 09, 2017
Originally Published On
October 24, 2017