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Family First Health Spotlighted by US Department of Health and Human Services

HRSA Family First Health Spotlight
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration has spotlighted Family First Health’s HIV screening pilot program, which makes (confidential) HIV testing a routine offering at FFH locations.

In 2007, fewer than 200 of Family First Health’s 14,295 medical patients received HIV tests. Today, every patient age 13 or older is offered the opportunity to be screened for HIV – in a non-judgmental way that has proven successful.

Patients at Family First Health are starting to think about HIV testing in the same way they think about cholesterol or diabetes testing. Since 2009, 64 percent of patients offered the HIV test have taken it, with higher acceptance rates of 71 percent among Hispanic/Latino patients and 68 percent among young people.

Read about the pilot program on the Department’s website.

Family First Health to Offer Free Screening of “Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare”

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Family First Health to Offer Free Screening of “Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare”

Documentary tackles how we can save our healthcare system.

YORK, PA (October 11, 2012)—Family First Health is proud to announce they will be hosting a free screening of the buzz-worthy documentary, “Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare,” on October 30, 2012 at the Capitol Theatre in York, PA. A reception will begin at 5:00 pm, with the screening beginning at 5:30 pm.

Called the “‘An Inconvenient Truth’ for the healthcare debate,” “Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare” follows dramatic human stories, as well as leaders fighting to transform healthcare at the highest levels of medicine, industry, government and even the United States military. The film argues that we can switch from an unsustainable “disease management system” that relies on expensive drugs and often unnecessary medical procedures to a system that focuses on prevention over cure.

Immediately following the screening, a panel discussion will be held to further discuss healthcare issues in our region and country.

To date, the screening is the only showing of the documentary scheduled in the state of Pennsylvania.

To get (free) tickets for the screening, visit escapefiremovie.eventbrite.com

For more information about the film, visit www.escapefiremovie.com.

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About Family First Health
Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its site of South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla espanol.

Patient Portal Coming Soon

Family First Health will be offering our patients access to our Patient Portal this summer. A Patient Portal is a window through which patients are able to communicate with their doctor’s office and access certain parts of their medical record. Family First Health’s patient portal will enable patients to log into a secure website and request an appointment or view lab results and clinical summaries from their office visits. These clinical summaries contain information including the patients’ vitals, diagnoses (Problem List), current medications, allergies and any orders (labs, referrals, immunizations or procedures).

The purpose of a patient portal is to provide patients with secure and easy access to their up-to-date medical information. To register for the patient portal please provide us with your email address and select a security question and answer (listed below) at your next office visit! When you Portal Account is activated you will receive an email from us with log in instructions and a PIN number and you will then be able access your information via the portal.

  • In what city did you meet your spouse?
  • What is the name of our oldest cousin?
  • What is the middle name of your youngest child?
  • What is the name of your favorite childhood friend?
  • What is your oldest sibling’s birthday month and year (mm/yy)?
  • What school did you attend for sixth grade?
  • What street did you live on in third grade?
  • What was your childhood nickname?

An Apple A Day with Family First Health

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An Apple A Day with Family First Health

Community health center shares health tips for National Health Literacy Month and National Apple Month.

Central PA (September 27, 2012) An apple a day is the start to good health. What’s next? Being an informed patient. Family First Health, a community health center in York and Adams Counties, will be celebrating National Health Literacy Month, which is also National Apple Month, with a series of events called “Starts With Apples.” Health literacy is the ability to understand health information and to use that information to make good decisions about your health and medical care. Family First Health wants to spread the message that good health can start with an apple a day, but ultimately you need to be an active partner in your health care to be well.

On October 16, 18 and 20, Family First Health will be setting up apple handout stations in downtown York, Gettysburg and Hanover (respectively). Passersby will receive a free apple and information on how to make good decisions in their health care. Apple handout station dates and locations are:

  • York – October 16, 12-2pm – Continental Square and Central Market
  • Gettysburg – October 18, 4-6pm – YWCA (outside entrance)
  • Hanover – October 20, 8-10am – Hanover Farmers Market

The public can visit www.startswithapples.com for more information on becoming health literate and working with their healthcare team. Follow Family First Health on Facebook for tips on being an informed patient all month long https://www.facebook.com/FamilyFirstHealth.

About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its sites on South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla espanol.

Representative Eugene DePasquale Visits Family First Health For National Health Center Week

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Representative Eugene DePasquale Visits Family First Health For National Health Center Week

YORK, PA (August 6, 2012)—Representative Eugene DePasquale visited Family First Health’s George Street Center today in celebration of National Health Center Week. This year’s National Health Center Week’s theme is ‘Celebrating America’s Health Centers: Powering Healthier Communities’, meant to showcase the multitude of ways in which America’s Health Centers are “powering” and “empowering” healthier communities.

Rep. DePasquale visited the George Street Center’s dental and medical facilities; the on-site pharmacy; Family First Health Plus, the center’s walk-in express care service; as well as the offices for the Nurse Family Partnership and Caring Together Program.

“I want to thank Family First Health for what they do for the community, for providing a place in Downtown York for people to meet basic healthcare needs,” said DePasquale. “Coming through the facility, it’s clean, well-run, professional and it’s very comforting. It’s a very welcoming place.”

“It’s a cost issue. Do we want to treat things up front when they can be more manageable? Or wait until it gets to be so bad that someone has to go to the emergency room. Family First Health makes sure that we’re treating things right at the beginning of a health problem,” DePasquale continued.

Family First Health, in conjunction with the York Chapter of the NAACP and the York Branch of the American Association of University Women, will offer voter registration at the George Street Center in celebration of National Health Center week, August 6-10. Representatives from Family First Health, York Chapter of the NAACP and the York Branch of the American Association of University Women will be available to assist participants. Spanish translators will be available upon request.

“I especially want to commend the expansion of the dental services,” commended DePasquale. “Any dentist will tell you that they see the healthcare problems before even a primary care physician will. So that’s going to be really critical for the youth of our greater York community for them to have healthier lives going forward.”

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About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its sites on South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.

York Branch of the American Association of University Women: http://www.aauw-york-pa.org/

York Chapter of the NAACP: http://yorknaacp.org/

 

 

Family First Health to Participate in National Health Center Week

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Family First Health to Participate in National Health Center Week

York PA (July 30 2012) – Family First Health, in conjunction with the York Chapter of the NAACP and the York Branch of the American Association of University Women, will offer voter registration at the George Street Center in celebration of National Health Center week, August 6-10, 2012.

This year’s theme, “Celebrating America’s Health Centers: Powering Healthier Communities”, highlights how important public support is needed for health centers.

Representatives from Family First Health, York Chapter of the NAACP and the York Branch of the American Association of University Women will be available to assist participants.

Spanish translators will be available upon request.

 

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About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its sites on South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.

York Branch of the American Association of University Women: http://www.aauw-york-pa.org/

York Chapter of the NAACP: http://yorknaacp.org/