Sometimes I wonder how anyone can muster the energy to work for change in our massive, bureaucratic, and sometimes sisyphean healthcare system. But then I hear people like Rebecca Onie speak, who helped found Health Leads, and I get inspired that you can reform from within.
Health Leads mobilizes volunteers in urban clinics to connect low-income patients with basic resources, including food, housing, and heating assistance. This works with a simple resource checklist: physicians can check food, housing, health insurance, job training, fuel assistance, or other resources their patients need. Health Leads volunteers then work to connect patients with key resources.
It's a classic case of shrinking change to a small and manageable scale.
Additional information:
http://www.healthleadsusa.org/
BIF Profile Page
http://businessinnovationfactory.com/iss/innovators/rebecca-onie
This is part of my 31 (More) Days of #BIF7 blog series.
Health Leads mobilizes volunteers in urban clinics to connect low-income patients with basic resources, including food, housing, and heating assistance. This works with a simple resource checklist: physicians can check food, housing, health insurance, job training, fuel assistance, or other resources their patients need. Health Leads volunteers then work to connect patients with key resources.
It's a classic case of shrinking change to a small and manageable scale.
Additional information:
http://www.healthleadsusa.org/
BIF Profile Page
http://businessinnovationfactory.com/iss/innovators/rebecca-onie
This is part of my 31 (More) Days of #BIF7 blog series.
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