Seventeenth Annual Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares Award/Vision
Descriptions and contact information for award recipient, finalists and semi-finalists
Compiled January 2009
Award Recipient
Orlando Health “Help Understand and Guide Me (HUG-Me)” program selected as 2009 Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares Award winner
Since 1994, HUG-Me (www.orlandohealth.com/hpc) has provided HIV care to Central Florida. HUG-Me’s service area spans six counties, including rural Osceola, Lake, Brevard and St. Lucie, and urban Orange and Seminole counties. HUG-Me’s most significant impact on disadvantaged populations is its virtual elimination of perinatal HIV transmission. During the last 11 years, the program enabled 566 HIV-positive pregnant women to deliver healthy, HIV-negative infants. This success has been presented to national and international audiences.
Contact information:
Alelia Munroe, Program Manager
407.895.4107,
alelia.munroe@orlandohealth.com
Jacqueline A. Hayter , Development Manager
The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families
407.317.7430 x.2197,
jacqueline.hayter@orlandohealth.com
Finalists:
BodyLove program at Media for Health, Birmingham, Ala.
Developed by faculty and students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, BodyLove is a radio drama reaching African-American listeners with messages to promote healthy lifestyles. Eighty-three episodes have been produced and broadcast on 16 locally owned radio stations in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi. Each 15-minute episode is followed by a 45-minute talk period where listeners speak to local health experts for information and referrals to health resources. BodyLove began in 2003 with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a coalition of more than 20 local funding partners.
Contact information:
Vivian Southward, MPPM, Executive Director, Media for Health, Inc.
205.870.9422,
penny@mediaforhealth.org
Heart Failure Clinic at Florida Hospital, Orlando, Fla.
The Heart Failure Clinic (HFC) was established in March 2006 by the Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute to provide underserved patients with access to specialty care for chronic heart failure management. Serving metropolitan Orlando’s 1.8 million residents, the HFC provides free office visits, medications, diagnostic testing and social services until patients are connected with community resources. The HFC has provided 2,097 patient visits since opening.
Contact information:
Donna Winsor-Dorough, ARNP, Nurse Practioner, Florida Hospital Heart Failure
Clinic
407.836.9262,
donnalee.winsor-dorough@flhosp.org
Cindy Hayes, Nurse Practioner, Florida Hospital Heart Failure Clinic
407.836.9262, cindi.hayes@flhosp.org
Referral Management Initiative of the Children’s Health Fund, New York, N.Y.
In 1997, Children’s Health Fund (CHF) launched the Referral Management Initiative (RMI) at its New York Children’s Health Project (NYCHP). Recognizing the obstacles homeless families face – including limited transportation or insurance barriers – RMI ensures that they receive the specialist care needed to treat complex medical conditions by providing support at every step of the referral process. Among NYCHP’s homeless patients, RMI resulted in a dramatic improvement: the appointment completion rate for children needing specialty care increased from approximately 7 percent to more than 61 percent. RMI has been replicated within CHF’s National Network at sites in the South Bronx, South Florida, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Washington, DC, and beyond CHF’s Network at a health clinic in Philadelphia.
Contact information:
Erika Goodman, Director of Foundation Relations
212.452.3340, egoodman@chfund.org
The Healing Hearts Center for Grieving Children & Families
Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut, Danbury, Conn.
Founded in 1995, this center provides care, comfort and compassion to grieving children and adults throughout Western Connecticut and neighboring towns in New York through hospice, homecare and The Healing Hearts Center for Grieving Children & Families. The program reaches beyond traditional hospice by providing exceptional bereavement care aimed at preventing long-term negative effects associated with complicated bereavement. The professionally staffed programs are offered free of charge to anyone. In 2008, 924 participants were served, providing 5,519 contacts.
Contact information:
Terri Nackid, Director of Community Relations & Development
203.739.8312,
terri.nackid@danhosp.org
Toledo/Lucas County CareNet, Toledo, Ohio
Toledo/Lucas County CareNet is a public/private partnership operating as a virtual free clinic. Through a comprehensive network of eight hospitals, 16 clinics and 155 volunteer specialists, CareNet has connected 15,000-plus low-income uninsured residents to medical homes and 160,000-plus healthcare services to address preventive, chronic and acute conditions since 2003. This has resulted in measurable health improvement for its members: 82 percent of its members are meeting the National Cancer Institute guidelines for preventive mammograms, 79 percent with high blood pressure are successfully managing their condition, and 55 percent of members with diabetes have their blood sugar controlled.
Contact information:
Jan Ruma, Executive Director, Toledo-Lucas Count CareNet
419.842.0800,
jruma@toledocarenet.org
Semi-finalists:
Making Tracks to Transition
Schwab Rehab Hospital, Chicago, IL
Established in 2005, Making Tracks to Transition was created to fulfill a need expressed by parents of children with disabilities for transition services, including basic life and social skills. Direct oversight of the program is implemented by the Transitions Coordinator who provides services to 19 youth, with the goal of expanding the program to 30 participants. Making Tracks to Transition provides support to youth between the ages of 14-22 with cognitive and physical disabilities and their families in the areas of: medical, psycho-social, and independent living.
Contact:
Sarah Rutherford, Grant Manager
1401 S. California Ave.
Chicago, IL 60608
773.522.6426
rutsa@sinai.org
Aurora Midwifery and Wellness Center
Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI
For 21 years, the Aurora Midwifery and Wellness Center (AMWC), the largest midwifery group in Wisconsin, has provided access to high quality, patient-centered obstetrical/gynecological care in Milwaukee. The 19 AMWC caregivers serve approximately 1000 women annually and more than 80% of these patients, predominantly African American women, live in the Milwaukee zip codes with infant mortality rates that are among the highest in the nation.
Contact:
Jackie Tillett, CNM, ND, Director, Midwifery and Wellness Center
1020 N. 12th St., 1st Floor
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI 53233
414.219.5861
jackie.tillett@aurora.org
Every Child Succeeds
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Every Child Succeeds works to decrease abuse and neglect; reduce unintentional injuries; strengthen the parent-child relationship; improve utilization of diagnostic services; encourage good health practices; link families with primary care services; promote an optimal environment for learning and emotional growth; and begin the school readiness process.
Contact:
Judith B. VanGinkel, PhD, President
3333 Burnet Avenue, ML 3005
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039
513.636.2830
everychildsucceeds@cchmc.org
Florida Hospital Primary Care Initiative
Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL
Florida Hospital’s Primary Care Initiative was designed in 2001 to improve access to primary health care for uninsured and underinsured residents of Orlando/Orange County, FL. The area’s service economy (near Disney World) has spawned one of the state’s highest rates of uninsurance: 24%. Ironically, the county also has the state’s lowest rate of people living below the poverty level because 80% of the uninsured are employed. The Primary Care Initiative includes both community collaborations and hospital initiatives.
Contact:
Maureen Kersmarki, Regional Director, Government & Public Affairs
2400 Bedford Road, 2nd Floor
Orlando, FL 32803
407.303.5537
maureen.kersmarki@flhosp.org
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Reuse Program
Friends of Disabled Adults & Children (FODAC), Stone Mountain, GA
Durable Medical Equipment Program (DME) provides equipment to enhance the quality of life for people of all ages who are mobility-impaired from any type of injury, illness, or physical disability. And without regard to any individual factor other than concentrating outreach on the vulnerable and disenfranchised populations in the community.
Contact:
Louis Myer, Stakeholder Relations
4900 Lewis Rd.
Stone Mountain, GA 30083
770.491.9014 x30
louismyer@fodac.org
Walking Forward
Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD
The Walking Forward program was established in 2003 in concert with the National Cancer Institute with the goal of reducing the disproportionate morbidity and mortality suffered by American Indians diagnosed with cancer. This program is conducted by the Rapid City Regional Hospital in the geographic areas of western South Dakota, parts of western Nebraska, eastern Wyoming, southeastern Montana, and southwestern North Dakota. The program provides cancer education, cancer screening, patient navigation, health care coordination, clinical trials, and palliation coordination within the western South Dakota and surrounding Native American communities.
Contact:
Tim Sughrue, CEO, Walking Forward Program
John T. Vucurevich, Cancer Care Institute
353 Fairmont Blvd
Rapid City, SD 57701
605.719.8162
dpetereit@rcrh.org
Foundation for Rehabilitation Equipment and Endowment (FREE)
Roanoke, VA
In 1998, a group of health care providers noticed patients going without necessary rehabilitation equipment because of the inability to pay. This prompted the formation of the Foundation for Rehabilitation Equipment and Endowment (FREE). FREE recycles used mobility devices, gifting them to people in need. Gifted equipment includes power wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, hospital beds, walkers, bathroom equipment.
Contact:
Sonja Schaible, Executive Director
P.O. Box 8873
Roanoke, Virginia 24014
540.777.4929
sonja@free-foundation.org
Desert Mission Community Services
John C. Lincoln Health Network, Phoenix, AZ
John C. Lincoln Health Network is an outgrowth of healthcare services begun by the Desert Mission in 1927 in Phoenix, Arizona. Through its Desert Mission services, the Network continues to provide an integrated safety net of care so families can reach their full potential for health, in its broadest sense. Services include a food bank, children’s dental clinic, community health center, childcare center, family support services and neighborhood renewal.
Contact:
Cindy Hallman, Vice President
9221 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85020
602.870.6060 x1722
cindy.hallman@jcl.com
Acute Care For Elders - "E-geriatrician"
Aurora Health Care, Lake Geneva, WI
In 2006 Aurora Sinai Medical Center successfully piloted “e-Geriatrician”- an electronic format that links a geriatric specialist with rural health care providers. Using “ACE Tracker” software program and the electronic medical record the geriatrician reviews each case and shares his/her geriatric expertise with the physician and team.
Contact:
Patti Pagel BSN RN, Senior Service Program Coordinator
Aurora Health Clinic- Lake Geneva
146 East Geneva Square
Lake Geneva WI 53147
262.249.4618
patti.pagel@aurora.org
USC/CHOC - Healthy Simles for Kids of Orange County
Healthy Simles for Kids of Orange County, Garden Grove, CA
USC/CHOC - Healthy Simles for Kids of Orange County was established in 2005 as the first residency program to collaborate with a free-standing community clinic as a partner site. With the only facility in Orange County to provide all levels of sedation services for uninsured children, it has increased access for 36,000 children (ages 0-7) who are low-income, are medically fragile and have special healthcare need. The program also draws pediatric dental residents directly into the community, thereby enriching and fortifying their practical experience.
Contact:
Sandra Bolton, Executive Director
10602 Chapman Ave., Suite 200
Garden Grove, CA 92840
714.537.0700
sbolton@healthysmilesoc.org
Dominican Hospital Comprehensive Prenatal Service Program (CPSP)
Santa Cruz, CA
The comprehensive Prenatal Program (CPSP) of Dominican Hospital is a well established program since the early 1990’s in Santa Cruz County. CPSP demonstrates access to medically underserved people in healthcare that includes: on-going Prenatal and Pediatrics Clinics, specialized services in early infant development, gastroenterology, rheumatology, and pulmonology. Programs enriched by an obesity program for young children, including weekly food distribution. CPSP’s goals include targeting medically disadvantaged women and children to overcome barriers (economic, attitudinal, and cultural).
Contact:
Bob Semas, Executive Director Dominican Hospital Foundation
1555 Soquel Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
831.462.7574
bsemas@chw.org