FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Health Care Access Now (HCAN) seeks partner organizations to apply to become Care Coordination Agencies (CCA). CCAs will be part of the Pathways Community HUB (Hub) network, for which HCAN acts as the director for the Cincinnati region. CCAs will work within the framework provided by the Hub, deploying Community Health Workers…
Dominique Johnson spent 12 years working as a nurse before she trained as a Community Health Worker for Health Care Access Now. “When you’re a nurse, you’re more hands-on [during health issues], but as a Community Health Worker, you can see the problems on the back end,” she says. That allows her to remedy the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE bi3, Bethesda Inc.’s grants initiative, has awarded Health Care Access Now (HCAN) $45,090 to build its capacity and training infrastructure through the purchase of Learning Management System (LMS) software. The software will allow HCAN to navigate pandemic restrictions more efficiently and effectively. Its use will also enable HCAN to scale its services….
Joyanna Wesche Blake understands the importance of wellness for everyone. For more than 20 years, she has been working in IT in pharmaceutical companies. “I would have a hard time leaving pharma at this point,” she says. “They’re making medications to improve people’s lives. Even if I’m in a budgeting meeting, I know that what…
Andrew Johnson is an attorney and has focused much of his legal practice on working with health care innovation. “I’ve worked with hospital providers, for example, but also third-party organizations, such as tech companies, that intersect with the health care industry,” he says. Approaching health care from a legal perspective – “helping with transactional and…
Brett Bonfield believes in the importance of wellbeing. When he moved to Cincinnati last year to become the Chief Operating Officer of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, he wanted to get more involved in the community. He met the leadership of Health Care Access Now at a Cincinnati Cares Board Connect online event…
Kimberley Stephens likes to plant seeds in the community. “Sometimes you see the flower bloom, but sometimes you just know that the seeds have been planted and have the potential to grow,” she says. Stephens is the Manager of Prenatal Outreach for Mercy Health. “We’re in the communities working with women during the prenatal stage…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Healthcare Access Now is excited to announce that Mercy Health is a new partner in the HCAN Pathways Community Hub (Hub). HCAN is the Hub for the Cincinnati region. Agencies can partner with HCAN to implement the Hub model. The Hub model breaks down typical barriers to good health outcomes by identifying…
Lots of people want to make a difference in the world, but Jade Glover is actually doing it. She came to her current position as a Community Health Worker after spending 10 years working in a hospital. “I was about halfway through the nursing program when I realized I was on the wrong path for…
Lawanda McCoy has been working as a Community Health Worker on the Maternal and Child Health team for Health Care Access Now for about a year — and she has “loved every minute of it.” One of the biggest lessons she has learned and applied to her work has been “that the clients are the…
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