Primary Health Services Center
PO Box 7495
Monroe, LA 71211
Phone: (318) 388-1250
Fax: (318) 388-0948
Chief Executive Officer: Catherine M. Tonore
Project Description
Primary Health Services Center (PHSC), a private, not-for-profit primary care
center, was founded in 1997 by local citizens with a mission to provide access
to comprehensive, high quality primary care and preventive health services to
residents of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, without regard to their ability to
pay. PHSC grew to a comprehensive provider of primary care services having
extended its reach into five contiguous parishes of northeast Louisiana.
Services
Medicaid enrollment center; transportation; pharmaceutical services; diagnostic
and laboratory; referral services; case management; preventive dental services;
outreach services; perinatal care; prenatal care; health education; and primary
health care.
Linkages/Partnerships
Monroe Housing Authority; Novartis; Merck; Dr. Goffrey Achillihu; Aventis;
Lilly; Glaxo-Wellcome; Abbot Laboratories; TAP; Pfizer; American Heart
Association; Together Rx; S & S Pharmacy; James H. Gray Foundation; DHH
Office of Addictive Disorders; Mt. Zion Baptist Church; Piney Grove Baptist
Church; Jerusalem Baptist Church; Calvary Baptist Church.; Starlight Baptist
Church;
Debra Blanson, FNPC; Medical Specialty; LSU Medical Center; ULM- Dental Hygiene; ULM- Marriage and Family Therapy; ULM- Department of Foreign Language; United Way, LA State Legislature; Governor Kathleen Blanco; GO Care (Ryan White); Camelot College; Ouachita Independent Bank; Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo; Louisiana Primary Care Association; Ouachita Council on Aging; Louisiana Department of Mental Health; OIC of Ouachita Parish.
BPHC Collaborative Participation:
PHSC is currently participating in the Health Disparities Cardiovascular
Collaborative and is in the process of spreading to another site; PHSC plans to
spread also to the Diabetes collaboratives in the next year.
Public Housing Locations/Sites
Primary Health Services Center/S. D. Hill Site
1805 Jackson Street
Monroe, LA 71202
Primary Health Services Center/DeSiard Street
2913 DeSiard Street
Monroe, LA 71202
Statistics
Estimated residents in Public Housing: 5,000
Project Users:2,600
SWLA Center for Health Service
2000 Opeloussas Street
Lake Charles, Louisana 70601
Phone: (337) 439-9983
Fax: (337) 439-8898
www.swlahealth.org
Executive Director: Eric Taylor
PHPC Program Manager: Vanessa Thomas-Guillory, MD
Project Description
The SWLA satellite clinic is located in an urban environment in the
inner city of Louisiana. The city of Lafayette
is in Lafayette Parish, one of seven parishes in Louisiana Public Health Region
4 in the state's 7th Congressional District. The
target census tracts in Louisiana are 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13, and they
have been determined by the US Department of Health and Human Services to be
Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Health Profession Shortage Areas
(HPSAs). The population is 71% African American and 28% white. There are no
federally qualified health centers in Lafayette Parish, and there are no oral
health providers that provide dental services for uninsured persons. The patient mix of new users is projected to
include self-pay, Community Care (managed care), Medicaid, Medicare, and
commercial insurance. The Health Center is located on and near public housing property and the users will be both
general population and public housing residents. At full operating capacity, the center will
provide new access to care for 4,445 users, general some 16,757 encounters.
Services
SWLA's current services include immunizations and early screenings, family practice, OB-GYN, family planning, special
populations, internal medicine, medical laboratory, pharmacy, and radiology,
prevention/outreach services, and supplemental services including health
education, translation, eligibility, social services and transportation. The new clinic also will have a dental clinic
onsite. Mental health services will be provided via referral.
Linkages/Partnerships
Lafayette Housing Authority, Our Lady of the Lourdes, Lafayette General,
Community Health Center, Southwest Medical Center, Highland Mental Health, and
Cross Roads.
Public Housing Locations/Sites
Moss Street Development
1106 Moss Street
Lafayette, LA 70501
Simcoe Street Development
1660 Simcoe Street
Lafayette, LA 70501
Macon Street Development
300 Macon Street
Lafayette, LA 70501
Delahoussaye Street Development
112 Delahoussaye Street
Lafayette, LA 70501
Kattie Street Development
115 Kattie Street
Lafayette, LA 70501
Irene Street Development
1101 Irene Street
Lafayette, LA 70501
Statistics
Estimated residents in Public Housing: 2,150
Project Users: Estimated 1,505 from public housing and 4,446 in total
