Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction - Project Abstract Shelby County Health Care Corporation dba Regional One Health 877 Jefferson Avenue Memphis, TN 38103-2807 Tish Towns, Project Director 901-545-7676 – work 901-545-6999 – fax ltowns@regionalonehealth.org www.regionalonehealth.org Grant program request for HRSA-22-134 Regional One Health’s request for funding to enhance quality of care and access to care is based on the most recent Community Health Needs Assessment. The assessment, a requirement for nonprofit hospital organizations, asks community members to identify the top 5 most pressing health issues in their community and to select the most significant of those health issues. Among the top health issues identified were: accessing health care services, maternal and infant health, and unintentional injuries and violence and motor vehicle accidents. Access to comprehensive, quality health care services is important for promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing disease, reducing unnecessary disability and premature death, and achieving health equity for all Americans. Access to comprehensive quality health care isn’t just about coverage but is also about health care services and timeliness. Outdated equipment contributes to the health equity issues plaguing this nation. The delay in time between identifying a need for a specific test or treatment and actually receiving those services can negatively impact health and costs of care. Regional One Health remains committed to providing quality care to all members of our community. Improving health care services includes increasing access to and use of evidence-based preventive services and emergency medical care. Regional One Health’s request for funding will allow Shelby County’s only essential access hospital the money needed for priority clinical enhancements that improve access and quality of care for vulnerable, ill and severely injured residents. This funding will allow Regional One Health to update ultrasounds, medication carts, enhance diagnostic imaging, and ensure A1c point of care testing. These critical equipment purchases ensure: • clinicians are able to offer a full range of diagnostics and treatment for women with pregnancy complications and patients in jeopardy of losing life or limb. • the safe distribution of controlled substances. • prevention of medication errors and help nurses and pharmacists account for the receipt, usage, disposition and reconciliation of controlled substance. • dramatically shorter turnaround times for images in emergent and trauma situations. • improved access to timely, quality monitoring and management for diabetic patients. Regional One Health’s patients all face a myriad of social barriers such as housing, food, race, and income that make healthy lifestyles much harder to achieve. Regional One Health’s patients are disproportionately uninsured, predominantly people of color, and medically and socially complex. Regional One Health sees arguable the most marginalized and vulnerable men and women in the region. Almost 24 percent of patients at Regional One Health are classified as “self-pay” and the health system provides over $300,000,000 in charity care annually. For thousands of community members, ROH is the only place they trust to receive their care.
