About

 

A free medical clinic for the working uninsured that provides primary health care with compassion and dignity to Coffee, Franklin, and Moore Counties of Southern Middle Tennessee.

Board of Directors

Client Testimonials

History:  Partners for Healing was organized in November 2001 to provide free primary healthcare to a population of low income, working uninsured. Started by area community leaders, the clinic was initiated to improve access to healthcare. The patient population has grown to over 1300 individuals of record.

Services:  Clinic services include acute and chronic care visits, focus on women’s health medication assistance, diagnostic testing, mental health counseling, specialty referral, and diabetic disease management. There is no charge to the patient for services inside the clinic.

In 2018 we had:

• 529 Individual Patients
• 2,343 Practitioner Visits
• 273  Counseling Visits
• 132 Ultrasounds
• 33 Screening Mammograms
• 2,645 Total Office Contacts

Why is Partners Important to Our Community

Business and Industry

• Accessible health care reduces absenteeism
• Cost effective to retain a healthy workforce
• A healthy workforce is a productive workforce
• We provide health education for uninsured family members

Hospitals

• Reduces primary care visits by the uninsured to emergency rooms
• Frees-up the emergency rooms by providing consistent primary and chronic medical care to the uninsured
• Reduces hospital operating costs that may be passed on to local health care consumers

Physicians

• We “partner” with you to meet the unmet medical needs of the uninsured

Current Strategies Used to Improve Patient Wellness

Chronic Disease Self-Management

Approximately 30% of clinic patients have been diagnosed with Hypertension and 13% with Diabetes. Our team approach is to teach patients to self manage their disease, allowing them to decrease the number of acute illnesses and complications from non-adherence. Individual instruction and education are provided to our patients through curriculum that is evidence based, i.e. ADA guidelines.

Preventative Care

We focus on preventative care in the forms of:

• Well woman / man exams
• Diagnostic Screenings
• Education regarding their current disease process