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Sarasota Memorial’s commitment to maintaining
a healthy community is deep and diverse, evidenced by the many outreach
programs and free and discounted medical services the hospital provides
each year. Our goal: To offer programs that inspire and motivate
people to minimize their risk factors and change unhealthy behaviors
while removing any barriers to health care we encounter along the
way. Some of the highlights of our outreach efforts include:
• North
County Health Center
Sarasota
Memorial’s North County Health Center is a not-for-profit primary
care practice that provides high-quality care to all patients, whether
they are insured, pay out-of-pocket or need financial assistance.
Services include: Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics,
Dentistry and Pharmacy. Specialist referrals also are provided. Patients
are charged for services on a sliding fee scale, based on federal
poverty guidelines and their ability to pay. No one is turned away
because they cannot afford care.
•
Corporate Volunteer Program
Made up of hundreds of hospital
employees, Sarasota Memorial’s Corporate Volunteer Program
places our employees where they’re needed when they’re
needed – no job is too small or too large, whether it’s
collecting school supplies and clothes for needy children; painting
and repairing homes for the elderly and disabled; or cleaning up
after a charity event for the underprivileged.
• School Health Program
Knowing it’s better to establish
healthy habits while you’re young, Sarasota Memorial concentrates
its efforts to prevent disease in our future leaders – by teaching
the basics in elementary, middle and high schools. From teaching
classes on good nutrition and hygiene to stress management, self
esteem and sports safety, Sarasota Memorial offers a range of programs
that promote healthier behaviors at all grade levels.
• Community Health Outreach Program
Sarasota Memorial offers
an ongoing series of health education programs to at-risk neighborhoods
throughout Sarasota County. Events are customized to address individual
neighborhood’s most pressing health problems. Some of the services
our health educators provide include: screenings, seminars and classes
on disease prevention, nutrition, weight loss, women’s health
issues, stress reduction, and managing heart disease, hypertension
and diabetes.
