Family Practice & Counseling Network
4700 Wissahickon Ave
Box 110, Suite 118
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone: (215) 438-4779
www.fpcn.us
Executive Director: Donna Torrisi, MSN
Primary Care Director: Lester Cohen, MSN
Project Description
The Family Practice & Counseling Network is comprised of four Community
Health Centers located in low-income neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Each of the
health centers focus on residents of public housing and the uninsured. The
first site opened in 1992 in the Abbottsford Public Housing Development, with
the other three opening in 1994, 2002, and 2003.
Services
Primary Health Care, dentistry, mental health services, prenatal care, health
education, nutrition education, health promotion services, special programming
for patients with chronic illness, social services programs, smoking cessation
group, diabetes group, cancer support, drug and alcohol recovery, home
visitation for education on asthma and lead toxicity, creative arts programs,
The Peaceful Posse, Daring Interventions - Voices of Adolescence for Girls,
Teens Making a Difference, violence prevention, Reach Out and Read, Physical
Therapy, Podiatry.
Health care is provided by nurse practitioners, registered nurses, nurse
midwives, mental health therapists, dentists, physical therapists, podiatrist,
and psychiatrists.
Transportation is provided for patients to specialists, dentists, and to the
other health centers when necessary. If needed, staff will accompany patients
to off-site health care visits. The social workers, primary care team and
outreach workers assist patients with obtaining medical insurance if they are
eligible.
Linkages/Partnerships
The centers' services are strengthened and enriched by partnering with Physicians
for Social Responsibility, the Institute for Safe Families, Philadelphia
Housing Authority, Drexel University, and the Family Planning Council.
Additional partnerships include community advisory boards comprised of
representatives from several local resident leadership councils.
BPHC Collaborative Participation
Family Practice & Counseling Network has participated in the Depression
Collaborative and has internally spread to Diabetes.
Public Housing Locations/Sites
Eleventh Street Family Health Services
850 N. 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Health Annex
5803 Kingsessing Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Abbottsford Family Practice & Counseling
3205 Defense Terrace
Philadelphia, PA 19129
Statistics
Estimated residents in public housing: 6,200
Project users: 9,800
Philadelphia Health Management Corporation
260 S South Broad Street, 18th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: (215) 985-2500
Fax: (215) 985-2550
www.phmc.org
President and Chief Executive Officer: Richard J. Cohen
Vice President, Specialized Health Services: Elaine R. Fox
Project Description
Philadelphia Health Management Corporation is the parent
organization for two
satellite public housing health centers. The public housing sites are The
Rising Sun Health Center and the PHMC Health Connection. Both PHPC programs provide residents of
public housing communities comprehensive health care services through the
direct provision of primary care, disease prevention activities, STD identification
and treatment and counseling and social work services on the premise of these
public housing developments.
Services
Both Rising Sun and PHMC Health Connection provide primary
health care to children and adults, family planning for men and for women,
health education, outreach, diagnostic, laboratory and social work/behavioral
health services to the public housing community and surrounding neighborhood.
Linkages/Partnerships
PHMC has established multiple collaborations in the
community including hospitals, the Philadelphia Department of Health, mental
health and substance abuse programs, local colleges and universities. Access to emergency needs (shelter, food,
clothing), job training, assessment for entitlements, dental services,
optometry, and advocacy for cultural and linguistic appropriate services are
provided.
BPHC Collaborative Participation
Diabetes Collaborative
Public Housing Locations/Sites
The PHMC Health Connection
1035 W. Berks Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Rising Sun Health Center
500 Adams Avenue
Philadelphia, PA l9120
Primary Care Health Services, Inc
7227 Hamilton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Phone: (412) 244-4700
Fax: (412) 244-4992
Executive Director: Wilford A. Payne
PHPC Program Managers: Elizabeth A. Quinn and Len Lavender
Medical Director: Jerome Gloster, M.D.
Project Description
Primary Care Health Services (PCHS) provides a comprehensive program of primary
and preventive health care through a staff model practice that includes a
family practice physician, pediatrician and OB/GYN. A nurse manager and two
medical assistants support the physician providers. A dentist, dental assistant
and outreach worker complete the overall staffing. Special emphasis is placed
on prevention through health education and health screening. Well child care
(including immunizations), and early prenatal care are continual program
priorities.
Services
Primary Medical Care for adults and children; diagnostic laboratory, diagnostic
test/screens, 24-hour coverage, family planning, HIV testing, immunizations,
follow hospitalized patients, OB/Gyn care, dental, mental health, hearing
screening, pharmacy, podiatry, vision screening, WIC, case management,
discharge planning, health education, outreach, transportation, and translation
(24-hour contract with translation services).
BPHC Collaborative Participation
In concert with local providers, PCHS has initiated the development of a
Pittsburgh Diabetes Collaborative with input from the Bureau of Primary Health Care.
Public Housing Locations/Sites
Hill House Health Center
1835 Center Avenue
Pittsburg, PA 15219
Statistics
Estimated residents in public housing: 1,850
Project users: 1,353
University of Pittsburgh, Matilda Theiss Health Center
373 Burrows Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 383-1550
Fax: (412) 383-2133
Executive Director and PHPC Program Manager: Mary Patricia Nowalk, PhD, RD
Practice Manager: Rosalyn Ambrose
Medical Director: Dawna Woodyear, MD
Project Description
The Matilda Theiss Health Center, targeting populations in the Hill District,
Terrace Village, Oak Hill, West Oakland and South Oakland, is located four
miles from the Pittsburgh central business district. The residents of these
neighborhoods have difficulty accessing health care. Medicaid enrollees in the
target area are less likely to receive chronic disease screening than
individuals enrolled in local commercial health insurance plans.
Services:
24 hour coverage for general primary medical care, family planning, HIV testing
and counseling, OB-GYN, prenatal, labor, delivery and post-partum care, mental
health screening, on-site evaluation and referral services, preventive and
restorative dental care services, vision screenings, and on-site pharmacy
dispensing service.
Linkages/Partnerships
Hill District Consensus Group - a broad community coalition of community
development agencies, churches, recreational and arts programs, safety groups,
social service agencies and health care providers in the Hill District.
Public Housing Locations/Sites
Terrace Village/Oak Hill
Statistics
Estimated residents in public housing: 4,600
Project users: 1600
