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Mercy Regional Health Center - Flint Hills Community Clinic
The Flint Hills Community Clinic (FHCC) is a medical clinic established to provide free routine, non-emergency, medical services to persons in the community without medical insurance. Volunteer physicians, pharmacists, nurses, technicians, social workers, dieticians and other assistants provide services at the FHCC. The mission of the FHCC is to understand and serve the health and wellness needs of the medically underserved in our community by providing quality, compassionate and personalized care. The goal of the clinic is to offer medical services at no charge to patients to aid in their recovery and return to the workforce. Services beyond outpatient primary care may eventually include preventative medical services, specialized and advanced medical services and consultation, and patient education.
What is it?
The Flint Hills Community Clinic (FHCC) is a medical clinic established to provide free routine, non-emergency, medical services to persons in the community without medical insurance. Volunteer physicians, pharmacists, nurses, technicians, social workers, dieticians and other assistants provide services at the FHCC. The mission of the FHCC is to understand and serve the health and wellness needs of the medically underserved in our community by providing quality, compassionate and personalized care. The goal of the clinic is to offer medical services at no charge to patients to aid in their recovery and return to the workforce. Services beyond outpatient primary care may eventually include preventative medical services, specialized and advanced medical services and consultation, and patient education.
Who is it for?
People without health insurance.
Why do they do it?
In 2003, a group of local physicians and clergy came together to discuss mutual concerns about the availability of primary care services for uninsured persons in Manhattan. This group grew to include the Ministerial Association and eventually Mercy Regional Health Center for the purpose of organizing a community-wide effort to provide a free medical clinic in Manhattan.
The growing interest attracted members of a retired physicians group, additional health care providers and other interested community members to join the committee. The committee named the clinic FHCC and chose a site located in the downtown area based on easy accessibility for homeless and indigent clients. The FHCC opened in July 2005.
Initially the clinic was open on Tuesday evenings from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Since then, the clinic has expanded its hours of operation to include Wednesday afternoons and Thursday evenings to meet the needs of those being served. Start-up costs for the clinic, as well as the salary for the clinic coordinator (only paid employee), are underwritten by Mercy Regional Health Center. Mercy Regional also provides lab and diagnostic tests at no charge to the clinic's patients.
Impact
In its first month of operation, the clinic had 24 visits; the number of visits continues to grow.
Contact: Judy Wagner
Vice President, Mission Services
Telephone: 785-323-6707
E-mail: Judy_Wagner@mercyregional.org
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