Providence Milwaukie Hospital - Community Health in Motion

Providence Milwaukie Hospital and its partners in Community Health in Motion (CHIM) have provided thousands of free immunizations and hundreds of sports physicals to area children, health screenings for adults, fall prevention clinics for seniors, free monthly dental services to emergency department patients, free mammograms to uninsured women, and more.

What is it?

Who is it for?

Clackamas County's poorest and most vulnerable residents.

Why do they do it?

CHIM bases its services on the results of a periodic Community Assets and Needs Assessment.

Impact

In 2011, CHIM provided free breast exams and mammograms to 80 uninsured women; free immunizations to 276 schoolchildren; more than $80,000 in free dental services; free sports physicals and injury-risk assessments for 104 students; 291 free flu shots and health screenings; and resources for more than 2,000 health fair attendees.

Contact: Andy McIntosh
Community Outreach Coordinator
Telephone: 503-513-8885
E-mail: kevin.mcintosh@providence.org

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