In November ‘09, the Dispensary of Hope launched the Continued Access Program through which we qualify and fill prescriptions through our central-fill mail-order pharmacy for four manufacturers’ prescription assistance programs.
During this year’s Network Conference, we took a huge leap forward announcing the expansion of the Continued Access Program. For those medications we cannot fill through [...]
While many Dispensary of Hope dispensing sites join our network with a formulary already in place, many dispensing sites have not developed a formulary and are unsure where to start. Furthermore, those sites with an existing formulary at times have difficulty incorporating Dispensary of Hope inventory into what already exists.
To speak to these challenges, we [...]
At the First Grace United Methodist Church in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans, a construction crew is transforming Sunday school classrooms into exam rooms. Its the new home of the New Orleans Faith Health Alliance. The full clinic won’t be ready until late spring—so for now a small, windowless choir room serves as a [...]
The City of London Migraine Clinic operates an independent, charitable clinic in the UK that is entirely focused on headaches and migraines. Also operating as a research center, they are the leading centre of knowledge about hormonally-related headaches and migraine. Founded in 1980, they see patients from all over the UK, and occasionally from outside [...]
The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) will host a webinar entitled “INTEGRITY, RELIABILITY, ACCURACY: The Pillars of Health Information Capture, Exchange and Use” on Monday December 14, 2009 from 10 a.m. until noon ET. Free of charge.
NeHC Board member Art Davidson, MD, Director of Public Health Informatics, Denver Health, brings together a panel of experts to discuss [...]
The Fall Health 2.0 2009 conference was held in San Francisco on October 6th. It showcased over a hundred speakers and nearly 80 live demos and technologies on center stage—not to mention 30 more in the exhibit hall. As evidenced by this year’s conference, the pace of technological change has accelerated as tech start-ups try [...]
The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics estimates that Americans spend $34 billion annually on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) including herbal supplements, chiropractic visits, meditations, acupuncture and other holistic approaches. While most CAM services are not covered by insurance, some speculate that increased utilization of alternative therapies is due to [...]
On September 26th, the NAFC, the Lone Start Association of Free Clinics (LSACC) and Dr. Oz partnered together to hold a one day free clinic in Houston. Over 1700 patients received health education, exams, tests and then were matched a free clinic in their area for follow up appointments.
Nicole Lamoureux of the National Association of [...]
Stay tuned. We’re currently working on some changes to the Dispensary of Hope blog, so we’ll be taking a break until the end of September. In the interim, you can follow our CEO, Jason Dinger, on Twitter at http://twitter.com/DispensaryHope.
On Tuesday, Tennessee-based Remote Area Medical wrapped up their huge, free, eight-day clinic at the Forum in Inglewood. This was the organization’s first venture into a large, urban city — and its longest-running health clinic in its 25-year history — volunteer dentists and doctors helped deliver free medical care to thousands of patients. Many seeking [...]
