As Jackson County’s healthcare needs evolve, La Clinica is evolving, too. CEO Brenda Johnson will discuss key next steps La Clinica is taking to continue providing exceptional care that meets our community’s most pressing needs. Her presentation from noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 23, at the Inn at the Commons, 200 N. Riverside Ave., […]
December 2019 community newsletter
La Clinica launches seminar on equity
La Clinica will bring education about equity and cultural awareness to the community in 2020 in its new Equity and Agility seminar. Offered through Wings Seminars, a personal and professional development program of La Clinica, the offering will explore bias, resilience, organizational rank awareness, and communication, among other topics. Participants will explore their own beliefs, […]
La Clinica medication-assisted treatment program grows
La Clinica has emerged as the community’s largest primary care provider of medication-assisted treatment for people dependent on opioids. The organization now employs 14 healthcare providers who hold the federal waiver that allows them to prescribe the drug buprenorphine, a medication that can treat addiction by curbing withdrawal symptoms. La Clinica providers worked to help […]
Support leads to a life renewed
When Danielle Stanford first encountered La Clinica Wellness Coach Luis Figueroa, she was fresh out of treatment for addiction to alcohol, methamphetamine, and heroin—and she’d just learned she had hepatitis C, a disease likely to kill her if left untreated. “I was a pain,” she said. “I was a horrible patient, and he stuck with […]
In-house pharmacies will meet patient, community need
La Clinica has opened its first community pharmacy inside La Clinica Phoenix Health Center and will open a second one in January at the La Clinica Wellness Center. La Clinica can buy prescription medication at federally negotiated low prices, then pass the savings along to patients who don’t have insurance that covers prescription drugs or […]