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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1986)
Northeast Health Center Providing Health Care for Low Income Citizens Everyone is aware of the high cost associated with attaining an adequate health care plan Indeed, the cost of health care in this coon try has resulted in many citizens not being able to afford any type of me dical care This is why the Northeast Health Center located at 5329 N E Union Avenue, is a valuable part of the community Our mission is to provide health care for people that would otherwise not be able to get healthcare.' said Beverly A Lauck, M N Manager of the Northeast Health Center The Center is one of seven health care < limes npoiatnd by Multnomah County The medical clinic serves the areas north of the Banfield Free way to the County line, with the exception ol North Portland and the St Johns area Willamette River to 82nd Avenue Northeast Health Center offers the following services primary medical care tilood pressure screening communicable disease screening, family planning, immunizations pregnancy testing IB skin test iPPDl Well Child Clinic prenatal care and WIC. all on a sliding scale fee based on federal guidelines for poverty We charge a minimum fee of $5 00 to our clients seeking service here at the center However, if the client cannot p.iy it on the day he or site is seeking service we still see them They must pay the fee of their next visit Lauck said Tfie Medical Center also charges a $3 00 dispensing fee to clients who need medicine from the Cen let's pharmacy Besides providing base primary health care, Northeast Health Center offers specialty ser vices anti dental care on a limited basis to their regular clients I, one of our on going clients is having cardiac problems and is not on any sort of welfare, medicare, or Blue Cross and met the income requirements, we give that person a voucher to take to the needed speci alists The program is called Health Source, we pay 50 percent of the AFS rates, the other 50 percent is the responsibility of ttie client," said Lauck The Dental Clinic, likewise, is for regular < lients with one exception The Dental Clinic reserves two to four slots for emergency dental needs In order to receive the erner gency service, an individual must contact the Dental Clinic at 8 00 a rn in the morning Lauck sairl Die reason why we do this is because the dental program is al ways filled People tend to let their teeth go even worse than their bodies We are one of the few den tai clinics that provide on going dental care to people at a reason able price." T lie concept of providing health care service for low income people was started by Multnomah County more than 15 years ago This is when the county started sending nurses into the community to con duct child clinics in local churches It was during this period that the County realized a large segment of the population wasn't receiving pro per health care This lead to the formation of the neighborhood Health Center Lauck said that the Health Center is there for the community We are trying to reach out to the com munity We feel there are still a lot of people in the area that don't understand what service we provide or that we are here Our strength here is that we want clients with legitimate health problems to come here for service We want to be their primary health care provider and have a relationship with them ." The Health Center has a field nurse team program, in which nur ses make house visits to pregnant women who are high risks The nurse provides prenatal counceling to that woman Lauck said many who visit the Clinic suffer from hypertension and diabetes She blames this on im proper diet, lack of exercise stress, smoking drug and alcohol abuse The Health Center serves 100 family planning clients per month, 200 prenatal clients, and from 100 200 children Lauck said many do not take advantage of the Well Child by jer,v Game, Clinic Our pediatric services are under utilized during the summer No one can convince me that there are children in the community that do not need health care, whether we are talking about immunization, or well child examines, which pro vide regula, checkups for children.'' said Lauck Northeast Health Center has a staff of 3 part time women health care providers, one pediatrician, two nurse practitioners, and one physi cían The center is an appointment clinic, which means that one must have an appointment in order to receive services at the health fácil ity. 1 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE J fA N LYNCH DISCUSSES NUTRI TIONAL PAMPHLET WITH CLIENT ELIZABETH BECKWITH Photo by Richard J. 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