{"id":429652,"date":"2010-03-15T13:22:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T17:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gereports.com\/?p=5423"},"modified":"2010-03-15T13:22:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T17:22:25","slug":"milwaukee-clinics-upping-access-with-new-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/429652","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee clinics upping access with new grants"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>With nearly 16 percent of the U.S. population living without health insurance — or 45 million people — the lack of access to quality care is a problem that continues to grow. It’s one of the reasons why GE, as part of its healthymagination initiative, committed to a 3-year, $25 million program<\/a> last October to help increase access to primary care in 10 underserved locations across U.S. Today Milwaukee, Wisconsin became the second city in the U.S., following New York<\/a>, to receive a grant from the GE Foundation Developing Health program to improve access to primary care. The $1 million will be split between four Milwaukee community health centers — all of which offer health services to patients that are not able to pay.<\/p>\n

\"Alicia<\/a>
\nMeasuring Milwaukee:<\/span> Alicia Cheng of MGMT Design helped us visualize the state of health in Milwaukee County compared to averages in Wisconsin and the nation. Click on the image to enlarge it. This is GE\u2019s 8th data visualization on health. You can view the other seven on the healthymagination website<\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n

\u201cAll of us are honored to be recognized by GE for this funding and the supporting volunteers, which will allow us to increase access and improve our services for the more 30,000 patients and almost 115,000 visits we have annually,\u201d said C.C. Henderson, president and CEO, Milwaukee Health Services, Inc<\/a>, which runs two of the clinics receiving grants: Martin Luther King Heritage Health Center and Isaac Coggs Heritage Health Center. The other health centers are the Cesar Chavez Clinic and Parkway Clinic, which are part of the Sixteenth Street Community Health Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to the grants, the GE employee volunteer programs will partner with each of the health centers to provide skill-based support and best practice sharing. The GE teams and clinic staffs will focus on addressing business\u2013based process improvements to benefit patients and workflows.<\/p>\n

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\nAll access pass:<\/span> \u201cSo many people are struggling to maintain their health in our community,\u201d said John Bartkowski, president and CEO, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center. \u201cThe number of people that we see without insurance or resources to pay for healthcare continues to grow on a daily basis.\u201d Pictured from left at today\u2019s press conference: GE\u2019s Mike Barber; C.C. Henderson, President and CEO, Milwaukee Health Services, Inc; Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin; John Bartkowski; GE\u2019s Deborah Elam, VP and Chief Diversity Officer; and Dr. Tito Izard, Chief Medical Officer, Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.<\/div>\n

Said Mike Barber, VP of GE healthymagination: \u201cI\u2019ve lived in Milwaukee all my life and understand well the area\u2019s potential, and its challenges, particularly in the area of healthcare. By partnering with these clinics to increase access to primary care we can help more people get the care they need when they need it. This program and the volunteers supporting it are a living example of GE\u2019s healthymagination strategy to help change the world\u2019s approach to healthcare by touching more lives and improving quality of care.\u201d<\/p>\n

GE, the GE Foundation — which is the philanthropic organization of GE — and the GE Corporate Diversity Council modeled the new initiative on GE\u2019s successful philanthropic program, \u201cDeveloping Health Globally,\u201d which directly impacts more than 4.8 million people worldwide by improving access to quality healthcare for some of the world\u2019s most vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n

* Read the announcement<\/a>
\n* Learn more about the Developing Health initiative<\/a>
\n* Learn more on the Developing Health Globally website<\/a>
\n* Watch a video: \u201cDeveloping Health: A clinic grows in Brooklyn<\/a>\u201d on GE Reports
\n* Read about our other data visualizations<\/a> on GE Reports
\n* Read stories about GE\u2019s other philanthropic efforts<\/a> on GE Reports<\/p>\n

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