Needs Not Addressed and Justification Identified health needs unable to address Rationale by Roosevelt Medical Center The number of respondents indicating that This is a broad issue that cannot be addressed through the hospital is an important component for a alone. The Culbertson community already has the Great Northern “Affordable housing” healthy community has increased significantly over Development organization that was created to address this issue. each of the surveys conducted (2008, 2012, and 2014). Significantly more respondents indicated a need for At this time, providing full-time specialists is beyond the resource specialists in 2014 versus 2012. capacity of Roosevelt Medical Center. RMC offers consults with some specialists via telemedicine and works with Billings Clinic continuously to add more specialties as the specialists are willing to provide telehealth services. RMC does not have enough volume of patients in any one specialty area to get specialists to travel here for onsite consults. RMC will continue to educate patients and the community about available telemedicine services. Respondents in 2014 were significantly more likely to Providing a solution to this widespread problem is beyond the indicate a need for transportation assistance. capacity of Roosevelt Medical Center. There are also other organizations whose focus is more aligned with this issue. Survey respondents indicated the most interest in Providing these services is currently beyond the resource and financial having the following services available locally: dental capacity of RMC at this time. clinic, fitness center, and massage therapy. Over 30% of survey respondents indicated being Roosevelt Medical Center has pamphlets about financial assistance for unaware of programs that help people pay for medical bills, including our charity care information, available in the healthcare bills. clinic and ER and mails them out when final notices are sent from billing. Our charity care application is available on our website. We have had a certified Navigator and held public meetings the past 2 years to educate the public about the state health insurance exchange. We will continue to provide information about financial assistance in newsletters, our website, and our facebook page to increase public awareness of financial assistance options for healthcare bills.
Needs Not Addressed and Justification Identified health needs unable to address by Roosevelt Medical Center Rationale The number of respondents indicating that “Affordable housing” is an important component for a healthy community has increased significantly over each of the surveys conducted (2008, 2012, and 2014). This is a broad issue that cannot be addressed through the hospital alone. The Culbertson community already has the Great Northern Development organization that was created to address this issue. Significantly more respondents indicated a need for specialists in 2014 versus 2012. At this time, providing full-time specialists is beyond the resource capacity of Roosevelt Medical Center. RMC offers consults with some specialists via telemedicine and works with Billings Clinic continuously to add more specialties as the specialists are willing to provide telehealth services. RMC does not have enough volume of patients in any one specialty area to get specialists to travel here for onsite consults. RMC will continue to educate patients and the community about available telemedicine services. Respondents in 2014 were significantly more likely to indicate a need for transportation assistance. Providing a solution to this widespread problem is beyond the capacity of Roosevelt Medical Center. There are also other organizations whose focus is more aligned with this issue. Survey respondents indicated the most interest in having the following services available locally: dental clinic, fitness center, and massage therapy. Providing these services is currently beyond the resource and financial capacity of RMC at this time. Over 30% of survey respondents indicated being unaware of programs that help people pay for healthcare bills. Roosevelt Medical Center has pamphlets about financial assistance for medical bills, including our charity care information, available in the clinic and ER and mails them out when final notices are sent from billing. Our charity care application is available on our website. We have had a certified Navigator and held public meetings the past 2 years to educate the public about the state health insurance exchange. We will continue to provide information about financial assistance in newsletters, our website, and our facebook page to increase public awareness of financial assistance options for healthcare bills.
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