NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (April 5, 2016) – Saint Thomas Medical Partners (STMP) Family Health Center- West, located at 5201 Charlotte Pike in Nashville, has received a one-year $45,000 grant from Baptist Healing Trust. The grant will fund a Patient Care Navigator Program which will employ a full-time Patient Care Navigator (PCN) whose purpose is to work with uninsured patients and patients with multiple diagnoses or chronic conditions. The navigator will link patients with accessible medications, medical supplies, transportation and community resources for improved health outcomes.
The Family Health Center – West is part of the Saint Thomas Health’s network of family health practices serving the community by providing health care to all ages regardless of insurance or financial resources. Saint Thomas Health is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system.
“We are grateful to Baptist Healing Trust for their support for this very important program for our underserved populations,” said Yvette Doran, Chief Operating Officer, Saint Thomas Medical Partners.
The PCN works as a case manager for poor and vulnerable patients who have been referred to specialist physicians at Saint Thomas Midtown and Saint Thomas West Hospitals. Caring for the poor is a key focus of Saint Thomas Health’s mission. Navigators help patients connect with physicians and other health care providers to obtain the medical care they need, complete paperwork, and access community resources such as housing, food banks, clothing and transportation.
The Baptist Healing Trust, which recently awarded more than $1.4 million in its current grant cycle, is a private grant-making foundation whose mission is the sacred work of fostering healing and wholeness for vulnerable populations through strategic investing, philanthropy and advocacy. Recipients of contributions from the Baptist Healing Trust include non-profit organizations from 40 counties in Middle Tennessee that focus on advocacy, physical health, mental health, recovery from alcohol and drug abuse, or healing from abuse, neglect and violence. This year’s grants bring the collective grant-making of the Baptist Healing Trust to more than $73 million since 2002. The Trust, while created out of the sale of Baptist Hospital to Ascension Health/Saint Thomas Health Services, is a private, independent foundation and is not affiliated with Saint Thomas Health Services or the Saint Thomas Health Services Fund.
ABOUT SAINT THOMAS HEALTH
Saint Thomas Health is Middle Tennessee’s faith-based, not-for-profit health care system united as one healing community. Saint Thomas Health is focused on transforming the healthcare experience and helping people live healthier lives, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable. The regional health system includes nine hospitals: Saint Thomas Hospital for Spinal Surgery, Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital and Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, Saint Thomas Hickman Hospital in Centerville, Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital in Smithville, Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital in Sparta, Saint Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville and Saint Thomas Stones River Hospital in Woodbury. A comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and rehabilitation facilities complements the hospital services and covers a 68-county area. Saint Thomas Health is a member of Ascension, a Catholic organization that is the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States. For more information, visit www.STHealth.com.
ABOUT ASCENSION
Ascension (www.ascension.org) is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all with special attention to persons in poverty and struggling the most. In FY2015, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Approximately 150,000 associates and 35,000 aligned providers serve in 1,900 sites of care – including 129 hospitals and more than 30 senior living facilities – in 24 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to healthcare delivery, Ascension subsidiaries provide a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, treasury management, biomedical engineering, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.
