News Release
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March 18, 2005
Survey Will Help Assess Health Care Needs
In Ada County
Ada County residents will soon have an opportunity to help improve health
care delivery in and around the county. A two-page community health needs
survey will be mailed March 21 to 14,000 households to assess what services
people use, where those services are provided, whether insurance coverage is
adequate or even exists, and county residents� general feelings about health
care issues. All answers will be kept private and Spanish language
assistance in completing the survey will be available for those who request
it.
The survey is part of the Healthy Community Access Program (HCAP). HCAP is a
$2.02 million federal grant that has provided money to study and improve
health care in Ada County, especially for the under- and uninsured. Survey
responses will be used to provide information on the strengths and
weaknesses of health care in Ada County and the surrounding areas in order
to improve services and strengthen the safety net for those who cannot
afford care.
Specific goals of HCAP include: determining the feasibility of a community
health care clinic in Garden City, expanding an existing low-cost
prescription program, spreading a successful diabetes collaborative model
among safety-net providers, establishing a pilot project to share compatible
electronic medical records between providers, creating a coordinated network
for volunteer private specialist physicians, and developing a standardized
process to address patient needs in a uniform manner.
Boise State University�s College of Health Sciences is responsible for
evaluation of the HCAP grant and is implementing the survey that will
provide a baseline of data for Ada County. HCAP participants include Family
Medicine Residency of Idaho, Terry Reilly Health Services, Garden City
Community Clinic, St. Luke�s Regional Medical Center, Saint Alphonsus
Regional Medical Center, Central District Health Department and United Way
of Treasure Valley.
For more information on the survey, contact Ed Baker at (208) 426-3118. For
more information on HCAP issues, call Travis Leach at (208) 367-6071 or
visit http://adahcap.org.
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Contacts: Jim Girvan, dean of the College of Health Sciences at Boise State,
(208) 426-4116, Ted Epperly, chairman and program director for Family
Medicine Residency of Idaho, (208) 367-6040
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, Boise State University Relations, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on Thursday, December 22, 2005