Even though virtual, the school-based health centers are still hard at work! Thanks to Emily Soener, they may have saved a life last week. A new patient came in for a middle school physical, and they had a positive screen for suicidal ideation. Emily was able to help the patient make a safety plan immediately. The teen patient was afraid that his dad wouldn not be supportive, but he was very receptive and concerned. The patient was enrolled into our ongoing, brief therapy program.
OneWorld Behavioral Health staff have been calling all of our Covid positive patients to offer emotional support. Going through this illness is very stressful – lots of financial, personal health and family worries come to the forefront. Their compassionate response and dedication to patients in need shows they are all OneWorld heroes.
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We received a really sweet thank you note from a family affected by Covid. “I personally have never been shown so much care and extended such selfless help – from a neighbor or an organization. This was a breath of fresh air and it brought tears to my eyes. The Covid Notification Specialist, showed “so much patience and care.”
Patient in response to Notification Specialist Delaney Cristensen , daughter of our own Michelle Christensen!
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An older, insured patient had to use a specific pharmacy to get their diabetes medicines. The difference in price between the mail order pharmacy and a regular pharmacy was almost $900. This patient also needed access to this special pharmacy because they were illiterate and had vision problems. The mail order pharmacy would provide their medications in bubble packed medi-sets that would be easier to manage than pill bottles. April Gomez contacted the Helpdesk with this request and Hector Uribe got this done lickety-split! Thank you for all that you do to help serve our patients.
OW Food Pantry: “Dr. Faber, thank you so much for making this happen. It was very rewarding to help out yesterday and had an amazing group of help. I wanted to share that a patient walked over three miles to get to the food pantry and was planning on carrying three boxes of food back. I offered to drive her back and when she arrived home she was in full tears. She told me she was speechless with the help OneWorld is providing during these hard times. “May God bless everyone because I cannot believe the help and support I am getting for my family and me.”
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