Clinics and Programs
Clinics
CHEER Clinic
We primarily provide primary care through The Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic Emergency Room Diversion Project (CHEER Clinic), which is a walk-in clinic providing non-emergency primary care to uninsured adults.
This clinic helps to tackle a major problem and unnecessary cost in the American healthcare system: the overuse of the emergency department for non-emergent medical needs due to insurance status. Instead of going to the emergency room for back pain or the flu and overpaying for care, community members can walk into our clinic and be served by a Spanish-speaking medical provider for free. Many patients that come to the clinic through CHEER also return for follow-up visits and build long-term relationships with our medical providers through the Continuity of Care Clinic (CCC).
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Current CHEER hours are Monday through Thursday from 1pm - 4pm.
Medical Student Clinic
Medical students from Brown’s Alpert Medical School come once a week to provide free clinical care and gain experience in culturally sensitive care to an under served community. Medical students are overseen by a precepting physician.
Specialties include: Gynecology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Primary Care, and Psychiatry.
Appointment required
Physician Assistant (PA) Student Clinic
Physician Assistant students from Bryant University's PA Program host clinics one Saturday a month that are dedicated to diabetes care. Students gain experience in what it means to provide medical care to diabetic patients and gain experience in providing culturally sensitive care to an underserved community.
Appointment required
Other Specialty Clinics
Additional specialty care clinics are provided by a team of volunteer medical providers including doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists.
Current specialty clinics offered: Cardiology, Dermatology, ENT, Gynecology (pap smears only), medication management consultations, Neurology, Primary Care
Appointment required
Programs
Vida Sana
Vida Sana is a community health education program that supports patients with metabolic syndrome who are at risk for diabetes by providing nutrition education, exercise support, and cooking classes in a small group setting. The program has been recognized for its successes, as an article published in the Journal of Community Health reports that “nearly 90% of Vida Sana participants showed an increase in their health literacy, and at least 60% of participants decreased each of the risk factors (blood sugar, cholesterol, body mass index or waist circumference) associated with metabolic syndrome.”
Navegantes
This successful and long-running community health worker program was started in 2010. Within it, multilingual community members are trained in case management, outreach, health education, advocacy, and medical interpreting. The Navegantes help patients navigate the health system, apply for free care, apply for insurance, find community resources, and learn to use our walk-in CHEER clinic instead of emergency departments when appropriate. The Navegantes are also the instructors of the Vida Sana and Diabetes Prevention Program classes, providing our commitment to a culturally appropriate community health model. For more information about Navegantes, click here!