Partnerships

The Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation is working in collaboration with other providers, government, business leaders and community stakeholders
to develop and implement solutions for the Houston-area healthcare crisis.

Gateway to Care

Providing 100 percent access to healthcare for the uninsured and underinsured population of the Harris County region is Gateway to Care’s ultimate vision. Working together with more than 170 leaders in healthcare, government and the business community, Gateway to Care is well on the way to reaching its goal.

Established in 2000, the Gateway to Care project began with six member organizations, including Memorial Hermann. The mission was to establish a mechanism for healthcare agencies, coalitions, funding entities and advocacy groups to coordinate common administrative and service delivery activities to provide a seamless healthcare delivery system for the uninsured.

Through the years, Memorial Hermann has taken a leadership role in several Gateway to Care initiatives. Its most recent effort is the Gateway to Care Provider Health Network (PHN), launched in November 2005. It is based on a national model called Project Access that connects people to medical specialists so they can receive the right treatments earlier in their illness. Connecting people to the appropriate specialty care sooner results in improved clinical outcomes for the patients and is less costly to the community in the long run.

Univision: Healthcare for All Campaign

Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation is pleased to be partnering with Univision and Community Health Choice to launch a campaign to increase awareness of healthcare options among Spanish-speaking residents.  The mission of the campaign will be to work with community organizations and healthcare professionals to offer healthcare solutions that are designed to provide alternatives to the use of emergency rooms for non-emergency medical issues.

Entitled, Salud Para Todos, which means “Healthcare for All,” the campaign will focus on the importance of having and using a medical home for seeking chronic and preventive healthcare instead of seeking episodic sick care.  The campaign will include news stories, community events and public service announcements to explain the benefits of having a medical home and how the local healthcare system can be accessed by underserved or uninsured residents.

In-studio operators will direct callers following evening news broadcasts to resources for information on how to access healthcare services and establish a medical home.