Becker's Healthcare June 11, 2024
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is addressing community needs by taking primary care door to door, NPR reported June 11.
The Neighborhood Nursing pilot program consists of a team of nurses and community health workers that make weekly visits to three apartment buildings in Johnston Square, a predominantly Black disadvantaged neighborhood. The visits are free to patients and are not dependent on health status, income or what type of insurance, if any, they have. Visits are done in people’s homes, senior centers, lobbies, libraries and anywhere else people can be found.
In the time it has run, Neighborhood Nursing has successfully helped patients receive care and has expedited physicians appointments as needed. However, the greatest...
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