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Implementing A Case Management Program At A Free Student-Run Clinic, Shelly Sharma, Mark Conforti, Wali Kamran, Fatou Drame, Mary Kate Heard, Samuel Irungu
Implementing A Case Management Program At A Free Student-Run Clinic, Shelly Sharma, Mark Conforti, Wali Kamran, Fatou Drame, Mary Kate Heard, Samuel Irungu
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
- The Rowan Community Health Center (RCHC) located in Lindenwold, New Jersey, reopened in September of 2019
- Patients come to RCHC for physicals/wellness checks or medical ailments
- Many patients are from underserved communities and may not have a primary care physician or insurance
- Trend in lack of follow up among patients
- o Leads to discontinuity of care
- o Unaware if patients are obtaining their prescribed medications, following up with recommended specialists, or if chief complaints/primary diagnosis are improving
- RCHC’s Special Projects Department decided to implement a Case Management program to improve patient follow-up and adherence to care