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Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center - Hope Clinic and Pharmacy
The Hope Clinic and Pharmacy is a collaborative that provides free medical services to eligible individuals with a pre-determined chronic condition. The medical center provides administrative oversight, outpatient pharmaceutical support, and volunteers. Collaborative partners include the Salvation Army, United Way and the Presbyterian Church Missions Program.
What is it?
The Hope Clinic and Pharmacy is a collaborative that provides free medical services to eligible individuals with a pre-determined chronic condition. The medical center provides administrative oversight, outpatient pharmaceutical support, and volunteers. Collaborative partners include the Salvation Army, United Way and the Presbyterian Church Missions Program.
Who is it for?
Uninsured, medically underserved residents of a six-county area in rural Kentucky who have a chronic condition.
Why do they do it?
The rural communities served have a significant population whose income falls below 150 percent of the federal poverty level.
Impact
Hope Clinic is open two evenings a week and has 186 active patients with 653 visits in 2010. The hospital dispenses more than 3,800 prescriptions each year, and has recruited 66 clinical and non-clinical volunteers that staff the clinic.
Contact: Audrey Powell
Executive Director, Community Services
Telephone: 859-239-2429
E-mail: apowell@emrmc.org
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