UnitedHealth Group/PacifiCare Issues Millions in Grants to Non-Profit Health Care Initiatives in California |
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Written by U.S. Insurance News
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Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
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The Northridge Hospital Foundation in California runs a school-based program to help prevent obesity and diabetes among young people.
Thanks to UnitedHealth Group/PacifiCare, the foundation can keep the program running for awhile.
UnitedHealth Group/PacifiCare has issued a $593,720 grant to the Northridge Hospital Foundation for that prevention program. But that grant is not even one-tenth of the total grant money that the insurer is giving to improve health care services in California.
Recently, UnitedHealth Group and PacifiCare announced more than $6 million in grants to 15 nonprofit groups. The money will fund a wide range of efforts, from purchasing new equipment for diagnostic studies, to improving the ability of health care providers to use electronic medical records (EMR).
UnitedHealth Group offers health benefits, including commercial and Medicare health plans to nearly 2.5 million Californians and partners with about 50,000 physicians across the state. These grants, said David Hansen, CEO for the Pacific Region of UnitedHealthcare, further prove the insurer’s commitment to improving the health of Californians, including underserved populations.
In addition to the one for the Northridge Hospital Foundation, grants from UnitedHealth Group/PacifiCare include:
- $360,000 to the Ukiah-based Alliance for Rural Community Health to implement electronic health records in six federally qualified health centers in Mendocino County.
- $100,000 to Centro La Familia Advocacy Services Inc. in Fresno to expand community health outreach activities related to healthful eating and lifestyles through its Promotora program.
- $350,000 to Children’s Health Initiative of Orange County to start and run a Web-based application and tracking system for children’s health programs and other state-sponsored services.
- $367,250 to Darin M. Camarena Health Centers Inc. in Madera to purchase computer equipment that will improve clinical information management, billing, and organizational service growth.
- $664,688 to Glendale Adventist Medical Center to help start a rural telepharmacy project that will enable rural hospitals and clinics to better comply with pharmacy standards, improve quality, and reduce medication errors.
- $187,000 to Glenn Medical Center in Willows to purchase new equipment to allow digital recording and transmission of diagnostic studies, which will improve speed and efficiency of rural patient care.
- $360,000 to the Institute for Healthcare Advancement in La Habra to support implementation of EMR and practice management systems in a pediatric community clinic serving Los Angeles and Orange counties.
- $740,000 to Planned Parenthood Mar Monte/Fresno to establish a response center serving a 27-county area using IP telephony.
- $361,684 to Redwood MedNet in Ukiah to establish an information network allowing clinics and hospitals in Mendocino, Lake, and Northern Sonoma counties to share patient and medical information.
- $500,000 to Ridgecrest Regional Hospital to expand telehealth and telemedicine capabilities to additional rural care providers.
- $200,000 to Shasta Community Health Center in Redding to complete the implementation of its EMR system.
- $159,155 to Tri City Health Center in Fremont to upgrade its telephone system and improve its ability to serve its low-income, ethnically diverse patient population.
- $705,184 to the Vista Community Clinic to purchase and implement its EMR system.
- $731,070 to the University of California San Diego Department of Emergency Medicine to develop the San Diego Safety Net Health Information Exchange, an integrated information system between community clinics and hospitals.
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