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    Thank you Sutter Health for taking care of East Contra Costa County~ La Clinica in Oakley to get a huge donation!

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    Sutter Health Donates Nearly $1.5 Million to 18 Community Clinics

     

     

    Grants to Help Expand Access for Patients Who Cannot Afford to Pay for Health Care

    SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- To help patients in need access vital medical services, Sutter Health has donated $1.48 million to 18 community health clinics in dozens of communities across Northern California. These latest grants are part of the not-for-profit network's lasting commitment to serve all patients who need health care regardless of their ability to pay.  

    These donations will help community clinics improve direct patient care through:

    • Purchase and/or upgrade of vital health equipment used in direct patient care
    • Increase of community clinic capacity to serve patients
    • Maintain or extend hours of patient services
    • Extend access to vital specialty care services for community clinic patients
    • Launch disease prevention and/or chronic disease management programs for patients

    These donations add to the $1.1 million Sutter Health donated to community clinics in the Sacramento and Central Valley regions of Northern California in late 2009.

    Meeting community health care needs is the cornerstone of Sutter Health's not-for-profit mission. Its care and services for the poor and underserved and benefits for the broader community totaled $667 million in 2009.

    Clinic Name

    (Location)

    Funds

    Support

    Amount Donated

    Sutter Health East Bay Region

    (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)

    Asian Health Services

    (Oakland, Calif.)

    Development of new clinic site.  

    $100,000

    LifeLong Medical Care

    (Berkeley, Calif.)

    Improvements and capital campaign for LifeLong's West Berkeley Family Practice, which will increase clinic capacity by 3,000 patients per year.  

    $25,000

    Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc.

    (Alameda County, Calif.)

    Expand primary care services to low- income and under/uninsured residents of Cherryland and Ashland communities.  

    $150,000

    La Clinica de la Raza

    (Oakland, Calif.)

    Increase services of the perinatal program by 50 percent to provide comprehensive prenatal and delivery care to an additional 350 women in need.  

    $200,000

    La Clinica de la Raza

    (Oakley, Calif.)

    Expand services in East Contra Costa County by opening a satellite office in the city of Oakley

    $150,000

    Sutter Health Peninsula Coastal Region

    (San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties)

    Samaritan House

    (San Mateo, Calif.)

    Maintain clinic services to ensure access to needed specialty care and disease prevention and management

    $100,000

    South County Community Health Center Ravenswood Family

    (East Palo Alto, Calif.)

    Improve asthma care and outcomes among children.  

    $50,000

    Tri-City Health Center

    (Fremont, Calif.)

    Mobile medical clinic for homeless health care services, adult dental services, and family planning/STD screenings and treatment for its Teen City Clinic

    $100,000

    RotaCare Bay Area, Inc.

    (Mountain View, Calif.)

    Expand primary care services.  

    $100,000

    Axis Community Health

    (Palomares, Calif.)

    Reconfigure existing clinic buildings to expand capacity to provide primary and preventive health care services to underserved patients in the Tri-Valley area.  

    $75,000

    Dientes Community

    Dental Clinic

    (Santa Cruz, Calif.)

    Purchase digital panoramic X-Ray machine.  

    $45,000

    Salud Para La Gente

    (Watsonville, Calif.)

    Teen pregnancy prevention among Hispanics in the Watsonville area.

    $75,000

    County Health Services Agency of Santa Cruz

    (Santa Cruz, Calif.)

    Restorative Care to Patient of Homeless Persons Health Project – Project Connect.

    $30,000

    Santa Cruz Women's

    Health Center

    (Santa Cruz, Calif.)

    Provide a medical home for low-income residents with chronic conditions and increase number of chronic care visits provided.

    $50,000

    Sutter Health West Bay Region

    (City and County of San Francisco, and Marin, Lake and Sonoma Counties)

    Coastal Health Alliance

    (Marin County, Calif.)

    Expand access to chronic disease management services through expansion of Care Team model and additional staff training.

    $62,500

    Jewish Community Free Clinic

    (Rohnert Park, Calif.)

    Expand clinic hours.

    $75,000

    West County Health Centers

    (Sonoma County, Calif.)

    Maintain critically important dental services for low-income families and children.

    $50,000

    Mendocino Community

    Health Clinic

    (Mendocino, Calif.)

    Increase access to care by ensuring appropriate transportation to health services as well as improving the ability to care for patients at Lakeside Health Center.

    $49,754

    Sutter Health Central Valley Region – donated in late 2009

    (Merced, San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties)

    • 4 May 2010
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    The Care you Need Close to Home! First Rate Physicians, cutting-edge technology, ...CARE with a personal touch.

    Sutter Delta Medical Center offers an array of inpatient and outpatient services to meet the needs of our East Contra Costa Community.

    • 24-Hour Level II Emergency Care
    • Medical/Surgical Services including Post-Anesthesia Care
    • ICU/CCU/OPCU
    • State-of-the-art Family Birthing and Women’s Health Center
    Specialty Care Services include:
    • Pain Management Lab
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • Rehabilitation Medicine (PT,OT, ST)
    • Ambulatory Care Unit - Operative/Minimally Invasive procedures
    • Cardiac Cath and GI/Endoscopy Lab
    • Urology
    • Pediatrics
    • Oncology
    • Neurology
    • Orthopedics –Sports Medicine
    • Obstetrical/Gynecology Services

    Advanced Imaging Services:
    • CT Scanning
    • MRI
    • Digital Mammography
    • Diagnostic Imagining
    • Stereotactic

    Sutter Delta Medical Center
    3901 Lone Tree Way, Antioch CA 94509
    (925) 779-7200

    http://www.sutterdelta.org
    http://yourhealth.sutterdelta.net/

    Serving the East Contra Costa communities of Antioch, Brentwood,Oakley, Discovery Bay, Pittsburg and Knightsen.

    Driving Directions to Sutter Delta Medical Center click here:http://sutterdelta.com/about/maps/sdmc.pdf

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