Oregon Capital Chronicle, a nonprofit online news organization, wrote about Dr. Nat Fondell and how he connects with Birch Grove Health Center patients with video visits and in-person care. The Jan. 5, 2022, story covers his work with transgender patients, people dealing with addictions, and low-income and homeless patients. Patient Rhonda Capello, who relied on […]
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La Clinica gets grant to boost health equity
La Clinica will receive a $300,000 grant from Regence to expand its community health worker team and increase field-based services that help people meet basic needs around housing, food, utilities and behavioral health support. Outreach will benefit BIPOC, Spanish-speaking, immigrant and refugee, and LGBTQIA+ communities, as well as people experiencing houselessness. The award will also […]
COVID-19 vaccine for kids in the news
La Clinica got its first order of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11 and quickly put together a drive-up clinic at Talent Elementary School. The Phoenix-Talent School District helped get the word out. Families started lining up nearly an hour before the clinic started and more than a hundred children were vaccinated. KOBI News […]
Telehealth grant gets news coverage
KDRV Newswatch 12 reporter Adam Schumes did a story about a federal grant La Clinica got to help expand virtual visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Nat Fondell, a family physician and medical director at Birch Grove Health Center, talked about the benefits of video visits.
La Clinica’s outreach to people along the greenway featured
KDRV Newswatch 12 reporter Adam Schumes interviewed Birch Grove Health Center Practice Manager Stephanie Lyon about the work her team is doing in collaboration with the Medford Police Department Livability Team. Birch Grove team members offer resources and connections to people after police post notices that camping is prohibited.