Access to comprehensive health care is become increasingly more difficult.
In addition to helping uninsured people, Project Access aids physicians who want to volunteer their time and services to people who do not have access to quality health care because of their financial situation. Participating doctors demonstrate their commitment to the ideals of the medical profession by donating care through Project Access either in their office or through community health centers and free health clinics.
An estimated 9,000 -10,000 people are uninsured and considered low income at any given time in Linn County, Iowa. With the rising cost of health care and other living expenses, this number is expected to grow.
Established in 2008, Linn County Project Access is designed to provide a coordinated system for helping uninsured people get the health care they need in the most efficient and cost effective way possible.
There are more than 50 Project Access sites throughout the country.
Focus is on maintaining a patient's relationship with their primary care physician and connecting them with specialists and other health care resources.
Project Access Goals for patients include:
Project Access health care partners are committed to working together to connect patients with all necessary health care services.
Project Access Goals for physicians:
Project Access is modeled after Buncombe County Project Access in North Carolina, which was started in 1996 by Buncombe County Medical Society. (Read more)
