Organization: GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES INC
Mission: GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES,INC PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THE UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.THE ORGANIZATION INTEGRATE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND EMPHASIZE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE.
Activities: GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES(GSHS)PROVIDE NEARLY 5,700 FREE MEDICAL VISITS AND ESSENTIAL MEDICATIONS BY PROVIDING A MEDIAL HOME TO OVER 2,100 PATIENTS.GSHS TARGETS PERSONS AND OR AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED AND ARE UNABLE TO FIND OR PAY FOR THEIR OWN MEDICAL CARE.GSHS THREE MEDICAL VEHICLES ARE OUTFITTED WITH PATIENT ROOMS, LAB AREA AND FORMULARY TO DRIVE INTO NEIGHBORHOODS OF MOST IN NEED AND AROUND THE TULSA,OK AREA.PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL CHURCHES PROVIDE OVER 300 VOLUNTEERS AND THE LOCATION TO CONNECT PATIENTS WITH MEDICAL AND COMPASSIONATE CARE INCLUDING FOOD AND CLOTHING PANTRIES AND FACE TO FACE NEIGHBORLY COUNSEL AT ONE OF THE 50 MONTHLY HEALTH CLINICS.PATIENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH NECESSARY LAB SERVICES AND OTHER CONTINUED MEDICINE BY GSHS PARTNERS.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES (GSHS) WOMEN HEALTH CLINICS (WHC) PROVIDE MONTHLY SPECIALTY CARE FOR WOMEN IN THE GREATER TULSA COMMUNITY INCLUDING: BREAST EXAMS, MAMMOGRAMS (COUPONS DONATED BY OK PROJECT WOMAN), PAP SMEARS TO CHECK FOR CERVICAL CANCER, EDUCATION ON BREAST HEALTH THROUGH PRINTED MATERIALS, FILM, QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME & 1-1 INSTRUCTION BY DOCTORS. GSHS DOCTORS SEE AN AVERAGE OF 21 WOMEN PER MONTHLY CLINIC. A BREAST HEALTH SPECIALIST FOLLOWS UP ON MAMMOGRAM COUPONS AND BIOPSY AND TREATMENT REFERRALS AS APPROPRIATE. MANY OF THESE PATIENTS HAVE NOT HAD A BREAST EXAM OR MAMMOGRAM PRIOR TO COMING TO A WHC CLINIC. PATIENTS WITH HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER ARE SCHEDULED FOR FOLLOW-UP EXAMS. GSHS REACHES INTO THE HISPANIC, CAUCASIAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND BURMESE COMMUNITIES.
NTEE category: Health Care
Secondary category: Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines