While the nation’s elected officials will honor the work of Community Health Centers around the country the week of Aug. 7 to 13, local clinic Sierra Family Health Center will be celebrating its own patients…
Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital VP/COO and Chief Nurse Executive Lori Katterhagen, RN, says she was overwhelmed with relief when she received her first COVID-19 vaccine in December. She encourages anyone on the fence about getting the vaccine to consider the benefits it will provide to them, their family and their community.
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Sierra Family Health Center CMO Peter Van Houten, MD and Lael Walz, quality assurance and improvement coordinator, with the new gas card voucher.
Sierra Family Health Center recently received a $15,000 grant from Dignity Health to help provide needed assistance to current patients seeking dental, behavioral health, chiropractic, and medical services at the center’s two care sites.
The funding from Dignity Health’s Greater Sacramento Service District’s 2021 Community Grant will be used to provide patients with lower incomes with $25 gas cards, which can be used to purchase gas at several locations, and may be applied for quarterly.