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Antonio De Montesino Community Health Center (CHC) Academic Government Private Healthcare Sector Non- governmental organizations (NGOs) Author Contact Information Ernani Sadural, MD Director of Global Health, RWJBarnabas Health Chief Medical Officer, LIG Global Clinical Asst. Professor, Dept OBGYN, NJMS Email: [email protected] Disclosures No authors have anything to disclose Background Discussion Ernani Sadural, MD 1,2,5 , Navaneeth Narayanan, PharmD 3,4 , Humberto Jimenez, PharmD 3 , Javier Escobar, MD 4 1 LIG Global, 2 RWJBarnabas Health, 3 Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, 4 Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 5 Rutgers New Jersey Medical School The Power of Partnerships: Global Health Interprofessional Service and Education in the Dominican Republic Slated to open in 2017, the De Montesino CHC was built by NJ Rotarian, Dr. Mike Kambourakis whose mission was to help the impoverished Haitians and Dominicans residing near the border by providing low-cost healthcare, education, housing, vocational training, clean water, food, clothing, and other necessities of life. At an estimated cost of $550,000 (US), Phase 1 of the medical clinic will sit on 2.5 acres of land and will be approximately 35km from the Haitian border in Laguneta, DR. Rotating medical/social teams from all over the world including Residents/Students from the PUCMM Medical School will assist locally hired staff to deliver primary care with an initial focus on diabetes management and cervical cancer screening. There will be onsite sleeping quarters and showers for up to 40 volunteers. Phase 2 will address specialty care especially dental, ophthalmologic, audiologic and prenatal services. Power backed up by solar panels and batteries, the sick, and especially children will be cared for as the facility grows in size and equipment is funded and purchased. Phase 3 will be surgical and post-op care for minor surgery. Through a series of partnerships across multiple sectors, highlighted by the MOU signed between Rutgers-RWJMS Office of Global Health and PUCMM, the De Montesino CHC will become a Dominican operated patient centered medical home (PCMH) in a "medical neighborhood“ model. This clinical-community partnership includes the medical and social supports necessary to enhance health, with the local and global network of NGOs, academic partners, and RWJBarnabas Health all working in concert with the Dominican Ministry of Health to coordinate healthcare delivery. The primary focus will be on meeting the needs of the individual patient, but also incorporate aspects of population health and overall community health needs to build capacity. In addition, non-clinical partners such as local community board, faith-based organizations, schools, employers, public health agencies, Peace Corps and local volunteers can actively promote care coordination, fitness, healthy behaviors, proper nutrition, as well as healthy environments and workplaces. While always driving towards the overarching goal of a healthy, vibrant, socially just self-sustaining community, the De Montesino CHC will provide a multitude of culturally sensitive service, educational and research opportunities for both Dominican and international educators, students, professionals and humanitarians. It is our long term goal for this model to become a Pan American Health Organization model clinic. Organizacion de la Iglesia
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Antonio De Montesino Community
Health Center (CHC)
Academic
Government
Private Healthcare
Sector
Non-governmental organizations
(NGOs)
Author Contact Information Ernani Sadural, MD
Director of Global Health, RWJBarnabas Health Chief Medical Officer, LIG Global
Clinical Asst. Professor, Dept OBGYN, NJMS Email: [email protected]
Disclosures No authors have
anything to disclose
Background Discussion
Ernani Sadural, MD1,2,5, Navaneeth Narayanan, PharmD3,4, Humberto Jimenez, PharmD3, Javier Escobar, MD4
1LIG Global, 2RWJBarnabas Health, 3Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, 4Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 5Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
The Power of Partnerships: Global Health Interprofessional Service and Education in the Dominican Republic
Slated to open in 2017, the De Montesino CHC was built by NJ Rotarian, Dr. Mike Kambourakis whose mission was to help the impoverished Haitians and Dominicans residing near the border by providing low-cost healthcare, education, housing, vocational training, clean water, food, clothing, and other necessities of life.
At an estimated cost of $550,000 (US), Phase 1 of the medical clinic will sit on 2.5 acres of land and will be approximately 35km from the Haitian border in Laguneta, DR. Rotating medical/social teams from all over the world including Residents/Students from the PUCMM Medical School will assist locally hired staff to deliver primary care with an initial focus on diabetes management and cervical cancer screening. There will be onsite sleeping quarters and showers for up to 40 volunteers. Phase 2 will address specialty care especially dental, ophthalmologic, audiologic and prenatal services. Power backed up by solar panels and batteries, the sick, and especially children will be cared for as the facility grows in size and equipment is funded and purchased. Phase 3 will be surgical and post-op care for minor surgery.
Through a series of partnerships across multiple sectors, highlighted by the MOU signed between Rutgers-RWJMS Office of Global Health and PUCMM, the De Montesino CHC will become a Dominican operated
patient centered medical home (PCMH) in a "medical neighborhood“ model. This clinical-community partnership includes the medical and social supports necessary to enhance health, with the local and global network of NGOs, academic partners, and RWJBarnabas Health all working in concert with the Dominican Ministry of Health to coordinate healthcare delivery. The primary focus will be on meeting the needs of the individual patient, but also incorporate aspects of population health and overall community health needs to build capacity. In addition, non-clinical partners such as local community board, faith-based organizations, schools, employers, public health agencies, Peace Corps and local volunteers can actively promote care coordination, fitness, healthy behaviors, proper nutrition, as well as healthy environments and workplaces. While always driving towards the overarching goal of a healthy, vibrant, socially just self-sustaining community, the De Montesino CHC will provide a multitude of culturally sensitive service, educational and research opportunities for both Dominican and international educators, students, professionals and humanitarians. It is our long term goal for this model to become a Pan American Health Organization model clinic.
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