News Release
UDM's McAuley Health Center serving the underserved since 2002
MHC to participate in Highland Park Community Resource Day, March 28
Since 2002, University of Detroit Mercy's McAuley Health Center has been providing primary care for more than 2,500 patients in the Detroit area. Their health services include acute and chronic conditions, physical examinations, health promotion and disease prevention, immunizations, health screenings, health education and counseling to all age groups, and also provides health-related outreach to schools. The Center is affiliated with UDM's McAuley School of Nursing and is staffed by certified nurse practitioners, who are assisted by graduate and undergraduate nursing students, in collaboration with two physicians: one for insured, one for uninsured clients.
The Center’s clients are both underserved (those who have coverage under Medicaid, Medicare, Medicaid and Medicare HMOs, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, and/or MIChild), and uninsured (through the Breast & Cervical Cancer Control Program and Mercy Primary Care). (Underserved refers to not only those who have no insurance, but those who don’t have enough insurance, and those who have no or little access to medical care facilities.)MHC patients are representative of a medically underserved population. Ninety-five percent are African American, mean age is 44 years old and average family income is $22,356 (2004 data). The Center is located within census tracts designated as Healthcare Provider Shortage Area and Medically Underserved Area.
MHC’s focus is on those who are underserved; the Center provides care to the uninsured through the Breast & Cervical Cancer Control Program and its partner, Mercy Primary Care, which provides care to the uninsured.
The Center has a strong reputation in the community as a trusted provider of quality health care. Results of patient satisfaction surveys in 2006-07 indicate that patients are highly satisfied with care received at MHC. The Center is one of fewer than 20 Nurse Managed Centers in 12 states (2 in Michigan) currently supported by Health Resources and Services Administration's Division of Nursing and is currently participating in grants from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, HRSA, Komen Foundation, Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Said MHC Project Director Joyce Conley, "We provide practice opportunities to our graduate and undergraduate nursing students rotating through, offering them valuable experience. Our faculty strive to model competent practice, dynamic leadership and stewardship of scarce resources for the students who practice and learn at the Center."
On March 28, staff from MHC will be providing information sessions on Child Health and Healthy Nutrition to Highland Park residents as a part of Community Resource Day, to be held at the Ernest T. Ford Recreation Center, 10 Pitkin (west of Third Street), in Highland Park. MHC sessions will be offered from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the gym.
McAuley Health Center is located at 5555 Conner Avenue, Suite 2691. The Center is accepting new patients. To schedule an appointment, please call (313) 579-1182, Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You will need to bring a photo ID and proof of insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, or private) or income to your appointment.
Release date: April 15, 2009
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