Yep! We are promoting it. If you are a parent, getting ready to become one, or just generally interested in child seat safety, then you can follow along on Twitter tomorrow to find tips, tricks, and techniques. This week is National Child Passenger Safety Week, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is coming to [...]
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Our BRAND NEW Community Health Center – People’s Health & Dental Center Grand Opening!
Our National Health Center Week celebrations kind of overflowed into this week! And in no way is that upsetting! Tuesday, August 16th, the new health & dental center played host to many of the early organizers of the very FIRST People’s Health Center as well as special guests – Representative André Carson, Mayor Greg [...]
Back-to-School Shots — What Indy Parents Should Know!
The new Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) policy that was supposed to go into effect starting July 1st has been postponed until January 2012, but is still causing some confusion and leaving some Marion County families scrambling to get their children’s vaccines before the start of the school year. Earlier this year, the ISDH [...]
A Resident’s Insight into our Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center
I got a chance to catch up with one of our resident’s at our Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center (PACC), the largest Pediatric Residency Continuity Clinic for the IU School of Medicine (IUSOM), with 44 resident physicians and 12 staff providers. This month will mark the THIRD anniversary of the PACC becoming part of HealthNet [...]
Three steps to show you give a care about Indy
So, as I have said before in an earlier post, the first half of this year has been a lot about getting HealthNet content into the web stream and social media outlets, so that you can learn more about us, who we serve, and how we go about doing so. Now, we want to hear [...]
How to get underserved and uninsured students the best quality health care
Last week, during our four-part blog series that introduced everyone to our outreach programs, our post introducing our School-Based Services got the most visits! In that post a research study was quoted saying, School-based clinics are considered one of the most effective strategies for delivering high quality, comprehensive, and culturally-competent primary and preventive care to [...]
4 days ’til 4th of July Weekend: PART THREE – School-Based Services
The holiday countdown continues with our blog series – Four days until July 4th weekend! Today we’d like to introduce you to HealthNet’s School-Based Services. ————————————————————– World – Meet School-Based Services! It’s a fact. Kids are more likely to learn and do better in school when they are healthy and attend class regularly. Yet [...]
Pledging for a better you and a healthier Indianapolis community
This week is National Women’s Health Week – a weeklong health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‘ Office on Women’s Health. It brings together communities, businesses, government, health organizations, and other groups in an effort to promote women’s health. HealthNet would like to join these efforts of promoting the theme [...]
Funding for Community Health Centers in the state of Indiana
Last week, several HealthNet staff members attended the Indiana Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) Legislative Day to learn more about advocacy efforts needed to continue state funding for community health centers (CHC). The present day landscape of CHCs in the state of Indiana presents a need for continued funding. Community health centers are a major [...]
Three ways to keep advocating for FQHC funding, even in the face of FY2011 cuts!
Community Health Center funding was cut by $600 million dollars when legislators finally came to an agreement on the federal budget last week. [T]his major reduction will — in this year alone — negate the ability to provide basic health care services to over 5 million of our most vulnerable Americans, and will seriously undermine [...]
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