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The vision of several local community organizations with the support of local foundations has brought a much needed health center to Price Hill, a Hamilton County neighbor hood with a growing number of individuals who struggle with unemployment, lack of health insurance and little or no access to care. The Good Samaritan Free Health Center of Price Hill that opened its door on January 1, 2011 was envisioned and initiated through the efforts of Good Samaritan Hospital providing overall direction and in-kind support, CrossRoads Health Center overseeing the community needs assessment, the Family Medical Group providing volunteer physicians and coordination of the electronic medical record and Santa Maria Community Services providing patient pre-registration. Funding to renovate and lease space for the Center and to purchase medical supplies, equipment, office supplies and furniture was secured in grant awards from the SC Ministry Foundation, Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati and the Robert Reakirt and Castellini Foundations.
The goal of the Good Samaritan Free Health Center of Price Hill is to increase the number of uninsured, non Medicaid/Medicare eligible adults who have a medical home where they are able to receive regular primary health care. Individuals with no medical home are less likely to access timely healthcare, more likely to be hospitalized for preventable health conditions and often turn to the local emergency room when they are sick, even when the problem is not an emergency. Numerous studies have shown that having access to health care results in better health and a better quality of life. Studies conducted by the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati indicate that chronic conditions such as hypertension, obesity, diabetes and high cholesterol are the most common chronic conditions observed in Cincinnati residents and are even more prevalent among the residents of lower Price Hill. The Center is addressing this problem by offering group medical appointments (GMA) to patients with chronic health conditions such as diabetes or hypertension. Group medical appointments is a new type of health care for patients with the same health care condition that has been well received by patients with chronic medical conditions who welcome the added benefit of group support and learning from other patients experiences.
The Center is currently open twelve hours per week but will increase those hours to twenty four in year two and thirty six in year three. As a result of these health care services it is anticipated that uninsured Price Hill adults at risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension will find a medical home, receive timely routine primary health care and ultimately enjoy a better quality of life. For those interested in supporting the Good Samaritan Free Health Center of Price Hill, please contact the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation, 513-862-3786.
| Foundation |
Description |
Grant Amount |
| American Cancer Society - BEST | Supports the cost of screening mammograms for underserved women at risk for developing breast cancer. | $5,000 |
| Catholic Health Initiatives | To initiate the Community Outreach Navigator, a program designed to improve the quality of life for five hundred Hamilton County frail elderly adults by linking them to the appropriate community services and providing follow-up and case management that will facilitate them being able to remain in their own homes. | $228,013 over 2 years |
| Catholic Health Initiatives | To support the Burundian Refugee Resettlement Program, managed by TriHealth Parish Nurses who are providing direction and resources to ease the transition of Burundian families who have been living in large refugee camps in Africa to resettlement in the United States. | $50,000 |
| The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati | For partial start-up costs of the Good Samaritan Free Health Center of Price Hill staffed by volunteer physicians and established to provide a medical home for non-Medicare/Medicaid eligible Price Hill adults with no access to health care. | $90,000
over 2 years |
| Robert Reakirt Foundation | To support the Good Samaritan Free Health Center of Price Hill staffed by volunteer physicians and established to provide a medical home for non-Medicare/Medicaid eligible Price Hill adults with no access to health care. | $25,000 |
| Ruth Lyons Children's Fund | To provide admission gifts for babies admitted to the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NBICU) and toys for pediatric outpatient Surgery patients. Also supports the Christmas Day Party costs and partially funds the costs of the personalized quilts made by volunteers for each NBICU infant who is given the quilt upon discharge to take home as a keepsake. | $14,000 |
| Charles E Schell Education Fund | Provides interest free nursing student loans in the amount of $25,000 per year for four years to students enrolled at Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences. | $100,000 over 4 years |
| SC Ministry Foundation | For partial start-up costs of the Good Samaritan Free Health Center of Price Hill staffed by volunteer physicians and established to provide a medical home for non-Medicare/Medicaid eligible Price Hill adults with no access to health care. | Undisclosed |
| SC Ministry Foundation | Provides funding support of the Summer Youth Employment initiative that provides employment opportunities for high risk youth. | Undisclosed |
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