| Residents
of northern Alameda County have big reasons
to smile!
The Foundation Board of Directors,
along with Medical Center
Aministration and Medical Staff, engages in
a careful process to
determine Foundation fundraising priorities
by identifying the pressing
needs facing the community and the resources
of the Medical Center.
Priorities have been selected for the next
two fiscal years (2006/2007
and 2007/2008).
CANCER SERVICES
Comprehensive Cancer Services
at the Medical Center are designed to provide
screening and outreach to the community, navigation
for all patients referred for breast evaluation,
support groups for all cancer
patients, and a multi-disciplinary Tumor Board,
which is a collaborative decision making process
for treatment of patients diagnosed with cancer.
Some programs within this service are:
- Breast Cancer
Early Detection Program - provides
free mammograms to women over 40, clinical
breast exams and free treatment for women
diagnosed with breast cancer.
- The Breast and Cervical Cancer
Control Program - provides free
mammograms to women over 40, clinical breast
exams and pap smears for low income women
without health coverage.
- Cancer Navigator Program
- provides patients, their caregivers and
families with practical support to help
them overcome barriers to care. The Patient
Navigator assists in mitigating some of
the economic and social barriers to cancer
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COMPREHENSIVE CHRONIC DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
INITIATIVE
Which includes:
- Electronic Health Record System
- The Electronic Health Record is designed
to improve quality of care and patient safety,
permitting improved access to important
clinical information, direct entry of data
by clinicians and other users, and clinical
decision support tools at the point of care.
- Diabetes Management Program
– This program provides support for
diabetics and their families by linking
families with a healthcare team, working
to reduce the number of harmful complications
from diabetics, decrease the onset of disease
in family members, and reduce the cost of
care.
- Childhood Obesity Program
– The Childhood Obesity Prevention
Program is part of the Diabetes Management
Program and is a comprehensive approach
to the issue of overweight and obesity.
Targeting overweight and obese children,
nutritionists and doctors work with families
to assess eating habits and sedentary lifestyles.
- Asthma Management Program
- Asthma is one of the most common chronic
diseases worldwide and the prevalence is
increasing, especially among children. Asthma
care requires a partnership between the
patient and the medical staff. The aim is
to provide patients with the ability to
control their asthma with guidance from
the health care professional. |
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YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION
PROGRAM
The Youth Violence Prevention
Program is a partnership between the Alameda
County Medical Center Highland Campus and
“Caught in the Crossfire” - an
intervention program of Youth ALIVE! - dedicated
to preventing youth violence.
This partnership works to
prevent violent injury reoccurrence and retaliation
among youth between the ages of 12 and 20
who are being treated at Highland Hospital
for violent injuries. It is a visitation program
in which young adults from the same communities
and having had similar experiences as the
victims are trained and hired to work intensively
as models, mentors and case managers with
the youth and their families for up to one
year.
The program served over
700 youth since its inception in 1994 and
has helped reduce the cycle of violence-retaliation-violence.
It has been
able to provide services to over 500 youth
since its inception in
1994. | more
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MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM
The Model Neighborhood Program
is a year-round youth development program
designed to promote positive alternatives
for our youth. and is comprised of four core
components: Health
Career Training Internships, Health Education,
Graduate Board, and a Parent Participation
Project. By creating a supportive and concerned
environment, the Program equips our youth
with practical tools to become healthy and
productive citizens. |
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