LA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC

PATIENT SERVICES LA CLINICA'S CLINICAL SERVICES EMPLOYS A FAMILY PRACTICE MODEL OF CARE INCLUDING PRENATAL CARE, PEDIATRICS AND ADOLESCENT MEDICINE, ADULT MEDICINE, AND GERIATRICS. SERVICES FOCUS ON PREVENTATIVE CARE AS WELL AS CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT. DIABETES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, AND HIV PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ARE AREAS OF EXPERTISE AS THE MOST PREVALENT CHRONIC DISEASES AFFECTING OUR SERVICE POPULATION. IN 2023, 452 INDIVIDUALS JOINED AS NEW PATIENTS AND WE PROVIDED 12,680 MEDICAL SERVICES (A 20% INCREASE FROM 2022). 100% OF NEWLY DIAGNOSED HIV POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS ARE LINKED TO CARE AND MORE THAN 2,056 CANCER SCREENINGS WERE CONDUCTED. OUR UNIQUE CLINICAL MODEL IS CENTERED ON A CARE TEAM THAT ALLOWS FOR CARE COORDINATION AND WRAP AROUND SERVICES ENSURING WE ARE ADDRESSING THE DIFFERENT BARRIERS THAT PATIENTS FACE IN MEETING THEIR BEST HEALTH. AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC), WE OFFER SERVICES REGARDLESS OF A PERSON'S ABILITY TO PAY AND CHARGE PATIENTS ON A SLIDING SCALE BASED ON HOUSEHOLD INCOME. MORE THAN 88% OF OUR PATIENTS PREFER A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, AND 905 IDENTIFY AS LATIN AMERICAN.

COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTION (CHA) THE CHA DEPARTMENT IS LA CLINICA'S STRATEGY TO ENGAGE, NAVIGATE, EDUCATE, AND MOBILIZE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON: HEALTH PROMOTION AND WELLNESS, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT, INTIMATE PARTNERS VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SUPPORT GROUPS, LGBTQ AFFIRMING HEALTH, INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION, AND CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT. CHA ADDRESSES THESE AREAS THROUGH CLIENT NAVIGATION TO CARE AND ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES, HEALTH LITERACY COMMUNICATION, SUPPORT GROUPS, SAFE SPACES, HEALTH PROMOTERS AND OUTREACH. IN 2023, MORE THAN 60 HEALTH PROMOTERS WERE TRAINED THROUGH OUR DISTINCT CURRICULUM, 1,380 CLIENTS RECEIVED HEALTH EDUCATION THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS, 2477 COMMUNITY LEVEL HIV TESTS WERE PROVIDED, AND NEARLY 45,000 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS WERE DISTRIBUTED.