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CommunityHealth Honored by the American Osteopathic Foundation

Communityhealth is honored to have been selected as the 2007 recipient of the AstraZeneca Award from the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF). Executive Director Judy Haasis accepted this award at the AOF's Black Tie Honors Dinner and Awards Ceremony on September 30 in San Diego. More on this outstanding honor can be found in the Fall 2007 issue of Connections, the health center's bi-annual newsletter.

CommunityHealth and MedAccess Chicago Provide Free Medications to Chicago's Uninsured

In October 2007, thousands of uninsured, low-income Chicago families gained access to free prescription drugs with the launch of a new program.

The program, MedAccess Chicago, is the first in the city to secure bulk medications from drug companies and distribute them at no cost through community health clinics.

It promises to become a much-needed alternative, at least for some families, to the beleaguered Cook County health system, where patients often wait in line for hours to fill prescriptions.

In the first year, four companies will donate up to $7 million in medications for conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. They are Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca PLC, Merck & Co. and Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp.

The program is starting at two of the city's largest clinics for low-income patients, CommunityHealth and Erie Family Health Center. Together, the clinics serve more than 35,000 patients a year, more than half of whom are uninsured.

...continue reading about MedAccess Chicago in this Chicago Tribune article.

View photos from the recent MedAccess ribbon cutting and reception held October 11, 2007, at CommunityHealth.

Cook County to Shut Down Specialty Referral System

Getting an appointment to see a specialist has never been easy for needy patients in Cook County.