Source: Missoula Current
"[...] The mobile crisis unit will respond to calls identified by emergency officials as involving a behavioral health crisis. The unit will respond to calls deemed safe by dispatch or first responders and cover an area within 20 minutes of the downtown core."
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PHC Announces new logoWe are thrilled to share our new logo! It is the result of a collaborative process that began in November, 2019 with input from staff, patients and our volunteer board of directors.
This fresh symbol of our work and values reaffirms our promise to the communities we proudly serve – that excellent, whole-person health care is accessible for all people, regardless of income, insurance status, race, gender, age, housing status or anything else. PHC is a place for those with many resources and those with few. It is a place where people of all ages and all backgrounds are treated with compassion, dignity and respect. In short (and as we love to say), everyone is welcome at PHC. In 1989, a group of community partners teamed up to address the unmet medical needs of Missoulians by creating the Partnership for Access Pilot Project. In 1992, that pilot project became Partnership Health Center. As we move forward with our new logo, we recognize that our work today is built on the remarkable efforts of countless staff and volunteers throughout our 30+ year history. From all of us at PHC, we offer our most sincere thanks to those who have made our work possible. Building on the amazing contributions of staff and volunteers past and present, PHC has grown to become a large, multi-site, vibrant organization of 240 staff serving a diverse group of 16,000 individuals across Missoula and Mineral counties. We are doctors, dentists, psychologists, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, therapists, housing navigators, medical assistants, patient service representatives, patients ourselves – and so much more. Most importantly, we are your fellow community members, and we are honored to serve you. Through any challenge our community faces now and in the future, we hope this new logo serves as a reminder that compassionate, patient-centered health care is within reach for all people, always. A special thanks goes out to Gecko Designs for their outstanding, collaborative work designing this new logo. Any questions regarding the new logo can be directed to Communications and Development Administrator Eric Halverson at halversone@phc.missoula.mt.us. |
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Source: Missoula Current
"Many in our community and nation have engaged in a robust debate about the benefit of wearing a face-covering in pubic and when social distancing is not possible. As a family physician with 20 years of experience, I have a unique perspective and ability to evaluate the scientific literature surrounding COVID-19. Further, as Chief Medical Officer at Partnership Health Center, I have a unique responsibility to ensure that my evaluation is in the best interest of the 16,000 patients we serve, my colleagues caring for those patients, and the broader populations of Missoula and Mineral Counties [...]
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Source: Missoula Current
"Our healthcare system has been designed to work very effectively for those with the power to write the rules and regulations, but has overlooked those who historically have not had a voice. Addressing the inherent inequities requires a focused and deliberate effort. We, within the healthcare community, must reassess how we provide care and the barriers that the system creates. This begins with listening to those who have been on the receiving end of injustices, like the stories I hear from my patients in clinic on a regular basis. Then we should take that information and actively remove obstacles to care [...]
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Source: Missoulian
In just a few months, visitors to the Missoula Food Bank & Community Center will be able to see a doctor, dentist or behavioral health care provider while picking up food with the opening of a satellite Partnership Health Center clinic.
The clinic located on the second floor of the Food Bank is set to open in September. It will offer services to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay or whether they use the Food Bank for nutritional assistance.
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The clinic located on the second floor of the Food Bank is set to open in September. It will offer services to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay or whether they use the Food Bank for nutritional assistance.
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Source: Seeley Swan Pathfinder
Hello Seeley Swan friends and community members!
First, I wish to thank the support of our community throughout the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and the understanding of many patients who had appointments canceled. Second, Partnership Health Center is taking every precaution to keep everyone safe and I feel fortunate to work for an organization taking this public health crisis seriously. Read more... |
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Source: Missoulian
Karen Ayers, a registered nurse and clinic coordinator at the Seeley Swan Health Center run by Partnership Health Center, originally came to Montana from her native upstate New York with intentions of getting into forestry.
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Source: Missoula Current
The former medical director of Community First Care in Missoula will step in as the chief medical officer at Partnership Health Center, the organization announced this week.
As CMO, James Quirk, Jr. will oversee all clinical services while supporting strategic partnerships at the local, state and federal level. He began the job on April 1. Read more... |
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Source: Missoula Current
"While COVID-19 poses a significant threat to our physical health, it also threatens our mental and emotional health. We're concerned about infection and the health of loved ones. We're struggling with loss of social connection, daily routines, long-anticipated milestones (e.g., weddings, graduations), and our sense of normalcy. We're scared about bills, our livelihoods, and our futures. And if we were already feeling socially or financially on the margins, the virus is amplifying our sense of vulnerability [...]
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Source: Missoula Current"As a community health provider and as a new mom I want to be an advocate and supporter in helping new mothers receive the compassion and support they need as they adjust to everything a new baby brings."
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Source: Missoula Current
"[...] We know - with robust scientific support - that health is improved when individuals and communities feel a sense of agency to address the pressures affecting their lives. By listening to everyday people, inviting them to share their experiences with others, and connecting them to the decision-making processes that shape our community, we can enhance that sense of agency [...]"
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Source: Missoula Current
"Mental wellbeing is essential to overall health. It provides the foundation for a productive life filled with meaning, vitality and connection. Yet 1 billion people globally are affected by a mental health or substance abuse disorder [...]"
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Source: Missoulian
"The Missoula City Council took a step toward making healthcare more affordable and accessible for the city's low-income residents when it agreed to move forward with an agreement for Partnership Health Center to open a satellite health clinic in the Missoula Food Bank and Community Center building [...]"
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Source: Missoula Current
"[...] Research shows clear developmental benefits for children when they engage in play. Play is shown to increase social and emotional intelligence, as well as to help develop executive functioning - meaning it increases a child's ability to work through problems or tasks using logic rather than impulsivity [...]"
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Source: Missoulian
Partnership Health Center is the continuity clinic for the Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana.
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Source: Missoula Current
"Illness, especially illness at the holidays, also brings opportunity [...] Priorities are made clear. It is time with each other that we really want. Time is the only valuable commodity, and while illness often reminds us of that, illness during the holidays makes it even clearer."
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Source: Missoula Current"When working with families and children who present to the clinic for behavioral concerns, such as being aggressive, not following directions or being impulsive or distracted, I often slow down, encourage some reflection and support a pathway for developing tools for parents."
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Source: Missoula Current
"[...] Most of us know that getting out into nature is beneficial, whether it's the exercise, clean air, vitamin D production, or simply taking a break from our frenetic daily lives, but science has discovered that visiting a forest has real, quantifiable health benefits. These can be both mental and physical, and extend beyond what most of us understand [...]
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Source: Missoulian
"As the directors of four of Montana's largest community health centers, we are writing today to urge Congress to reauthorize the federal funding that keeps the doors of primary care community health centers across the state open and welcome to all [...]"
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Source: Missoula Current
"When I started my career as a nurse over 20 years ago, I did so because I believed good medicine was the answer to the suffering I saw in the ER and in the streets.
But nothing in our training revealed to my colleagues and me that our work in delivering health care, while critical, was downstream of structural issues that negatively impact individuals and entire populations [...]" Read More... |
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Source: Missoula Current
"[...] In the medical field, there has been a movement to bring mental and emotional health treatment into our primary care clinics. What that means is that people can meet with a therapist or counselor the very same day that they see their primary medical provider. Talk about the best of both worlds! There is no need for an additional appointment or hour-long searches on google to find a therapist [...]"
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Source: Missoulian
"Part of the Missoula Food Bank and Community Center is set to be transformed into a Partnership Health Center clinic, thanks to nearly $434,000 from the Missoula Redevelopment Agency [...]"
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Source: Missoula Current
"At Partnership Health Center, we believe that access to medical, behavioral health and dental care is critical for maintaining health, but we know that is not enough.
Health and well-being begin in the communities where we live, work and play, well before we set foot in a doctor's office[...]" Read More... |
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Source: Missoula Current
"This might sound a little unexpected coming from a doctor, but I want to know about your goals and dreams. Some of the questions I love to ask my patients include things like: 'What's your background?' 'What do your days look like?' 'Who are the people (or creatures) most important to you?' and 'What brings you joy?'
Sometimes these questions might feel personal, but there is growing evidence that the answers are essential to your health." Read More... |
Source: Missoulian
"This Labor Day, Partnership Health Center would like to celebrate its staff, volunteer board and patients for helping us be a strong employer and provider in Missoula and Mineral counties.
The 13 health centers across Montana are on the front lines when it comes to the health issues that are impacting our communities [...]"
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The 13 health centers across Montana are on the front lines when it comes to the health issues that are impacting our communities [...]"
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Source: Missoulian
"These are challenging times in America. Finger-pointing, rigid thinking and so-called "otherizing" are on the rise, while bipartisanship and bridge-building are on the decline. Nothing good comes from these fear-driven philosophies and behaviors, especially with regard to health outcomes. When we stay small, protected and separate, our anxiety grows and our sense of health and well-being diminishes. We believe that Missoula and the nation are better than that [...]"
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