, /PRNewswire/ -- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, successful concern with NorthShore University HealthSystem, announces an further $1 million assistance from NorthShore's Community Investment Fund to grow the enactment of RFU's Community Care Connection mobile session program, which is improving entree to wellness attraction for underserved and underinsured residents of Lake County, Illinois.
"We are grateful for the generous enactment and visionary enactment of NorthShore," said Dr. Wendy Rheault, RFU president and CEO. "Together, we are increasing healthcare capacity, which successful crook improves wellness equity and semipermanent wellness outcomes crossed our region."
RFU's mobile clinic, dubbed the "Care Coach," brings escaped wellness services to underserved, hard-to-reach patients astatine much than 30 sites passim Lake County, wherever the highest incidence of diseases specified arsenic hypertension, diabetes and pre-diabetes is clustered successful the lowest-income communities.
Staffed by licensed healthcare professionals, the Care Coach meets radical and their families successful their ain towns and neighborhoods, astatine colony halls, schools, elder and assemblage centers, shelters, libraries and nutrient pantries. It offers screenings for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cholesterin and osteoporosis; point-of-care investigating for COVID-19, flu and strep; vaccinations; health-education programs; and assistance successful uncovering superior oregon specialty care.
One of 7 inaugural NorthShore CIF partners successful 2022, RFU utilized its archetypal $750,050 CIF assistance to amended assemblage entree to captious wellness services by 33%.
"These almighty partnerships are each astir creating meaningful, lasting interaction done data, relationships and resources," said Gabrielle Cummings, president, NorthShore Acute Care Operations and Highland Park Hospital, NorthShore — Edward-Elmhurst Health. "In conscionable 1 year, we person made awesome strides and accrued our knowing of however we tin enactment unneurotic to marque our communities healthier."
View the Care Coach's monthly determination schedule oregon telephone (847) 578-8451.
About Rosalind Franklin University
RFU encompasses the Chicago Medical School, College of Health Professions, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, and School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Learn much astatine rosalindfranklin.edu.
About NorthShore
NorthShore University HealthSystem is an integrated healthcare transportation strategy consistently ranked arsenic a Top 15 Teaching Hospital successful the U.S. Headquartered successful Evanston, Illinois, NorthShore includes six hospitals — Evanston, Glenbrook, Highland Park, Northwest Community, Skokie and Swedish. Learn much astatine northshore.org.
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