Access to Care
Our Goal
Access to medical care for members of the rural Mendonoma Coast may be our greatest healthcare challenge. Mendonoma Health Alliance seeks to improve our community’s access to specialty care, pharmaceuticals, and other services through work with our Network partners (RCMS, CLSD, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital). Additionally, we recognize that improving transportation resources and implementation of new technology, such as telemedicine, are critical in providing more healthcare options. Successful collaboration with our partners will play a key role in developing, implementing and sustaining new services.
Current Focus
In late 2017, Mendonoma Health launched a Care Transitions program to assist local residents who have been discharged from the hospital and provide support when they come home.
Support is offered by our Community Health Workers (CHW) who provide individualized coordination for clients based on their needs. Some examples of how our CHWs can help include: medication adherence, transportation coordination, and booking follow-up appointments with primary care doctors or specialists. Our CHWs ensure that our clients have the food that they need, access to specific medical equipment, and that an appropriate amount of time is spent visiting and coordinating the services unique to each person.
This website and MHA’s programs are supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award through the Rural Health Network Development Program totaling $898,645 and through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program totaling $1 million, over a 3-year period, with 80% funded by HRSA/HHS and 20% percentage funded by non-government source(s), such as the Arlene & Michael Rosen Foundation, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, the Community Foundation of Mendocino County and tax-deductible contributions from community members. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, HRSA/HHS or the U.S. Government.
