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A Community Based Program Addressing Barriers to Healthcare
Janis E. Winters ODMedical Director
Vision of Hope Health Alliance [email protected]
Presenter Disclosures
Janis E. Winters OD
(1) The following personal financial relationships with commercial interests relevant to this presentation existed during the past 12 months:
No relationships to disclose
Barriers
Eye Care General Medical Care
Barriers
health insurance, cost
language barrier employment status
socioeconomic status
education
community
culture
marital status
What can I do?What should we do?
Recognize barriers
Vision of Hope Health Alliance (VOHHA)
Through 3 years, 3121 uninsured, low-income adults received eye care and eye glasses/other materials at no cost
If patients have no PCP, refer to partner FQHCs273 made and 182 kept appointments for
primary medical care
Referral
Partner agenciesService Agencies
FQHCs
Walk-in
Unique
Optometry as the entry point for general medical care.Service agency and Walk-in
Opportunity for education/referral.
Barriers
health insurance, cost
language barrier employment status
socioeconomic status
education
community
culture
marital status
Sherry
I will go into debt to get new eye glasses.
Sherry Update
Referral to FQHC
Diagnosed with DM
Lost 45 pounds
BS control
Routine Eye/Medical Care
Employment status
Elba I can see the rain!
No hablo Ingles.
• Why am I suppose to go back to the doctor????
• Interpretation services provided (295)
I take care of
Sick husbandEaster 60 year old
GrandkidsClara 6 children and 8 grandchildren
In my culture,…………
Homeopathic
“That’s what Grandma did, and my mom does and that’s what I do too.”
Determining the Pharmacological Activity of Physalis peruviana Fruit Juice on Rabbit Eyes and Fibroblast Primary Cultures
IOVS July 2008
Not excuses
Barriers
Educate
The Take Away
Barriers affect health care choices
Need for eye glasses can be prioritized before health care
Make referrals Drs/programs address barriers
For more information about VOHHA
Videohttp://iei.ico.edu/community_outreach/vision_of_hope.html
BrochuresVOHHA /Medicare and Eyecare Benefits
Contact me
Thanks to our funders!!!
Washington Square Health Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Alcon Laboratories Field Foundation of Illinois, Lloyd Fry Foundation Bowman Lingle Trust Polk Brothers Foundation,Michael Reese Health Trust W.P. & H.B. White FoundationVNA FoundationIndividual Donors
