Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center Inc

PRIMARY CARE - PERINATAL, PEDIATRIC, ADOLESCENT, ADULT, GERIATRIC, OB/GYN, DENTAL, HIV TESTING AND TREATMENT_SUPPORT-COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, HEALTH EDUCATION, NUTRITION, WOMEN, INFANT, AND CHILDREN ("WIC").

HEALTH CENTER: BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER (BSFHC) IS A NETWORK OF FEDERALLY QUALIFIED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS BASED IN BEDFORD STUYVESANT BROOKLYN, NY. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE MOST PROFESSIONAL, COURTEOUS AND HIGHEST QUALITY HEALTH CARE, WITH DIGNITY, TO THOSE WE SERVE, ESPECIALLY THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION, WITHOUT REGARD FOR THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. IN 2023, BSFHC HAD 69,935 PATIENT VISITS. AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER, BSFHC PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES TO POOR AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS WHO OFTEN HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCESSING QUALITY HEALTH CARE."

WIC PROGRAM:THE BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER WIC PROGRAM IS A FEDERALLY AND STATE FUNDED PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES APPROPRIATE HEALTHY SUPPLEMENTAL FOODS AND NUTRITION AND BREASTFEEDING EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, NEW MOTHERS, INFANTS AND CHILDREN UNDER AGE EIVE. WIC HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND BEFERS A LARGE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR HEALTH CARE AND OTHER RELEVANT SERVICES WHICH BENEFIT THEM.OUR WIC PROGRAM AIMS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OUTCOME OF LOW-INCOME WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN UP TO 5 YEARS WHO ARE AT NUTRITION RISK. WE MAKE THIS POSSIBLE BY PROVIDING CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PARTICIPANT-CENTERED.WE PROMOTE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE WITH INTERACTIVE ENCOUNTERS SUCH AS WEBINAR AND POSTER DISPLAY. WE ALSO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT BREASTFEEDING THROUGH OUR AWARD-WINNING BREASTFEEDING TEAM (2017 LOVING SUPPORT AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE, GOLD, AND 2022 BREASTFEEDING AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE, GOLD, USDA). OUR MONTHLY AVERAGE PARTICIPATION FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2023 WAS APPROXIMATELY 2690 PARTICIPANTS.

MSA WELLNESS PROGRAM:THE WELLNESS CENTER PROGRAM WAS CONCEIVED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE PATIENTS OF BEDFORD-STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER (BSFHC) AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY. THE WELLNESS CENTER IS BSFHC RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. OUR WORK IS CENTERED ON PREVENTION, INCREASED AWARENESS TO PREVENTIVE SERVICES WITH THE RESULT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO ALL POPULATIONS WHO ARE UNDERSERVED. THROUGH OUR WORK, WE HAVE OBTAINED FUNDING FOR HIV PREVENTION, HEPATITIS C NAVIGATION, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION THAT PROMOTES INCREASED ACCESS TO MEDICAL, HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY.THE YEAR 2023 WAS MARKED BY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMMATIC ADVANCEMENTS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES WITHIN THE WELLNESS CENTER, BUILDING ON THE SUCCESSES OF PREVIOUS YEARS. OUR APPROACH THIS YEAR HAS FOCUSED ON EXPANDING SERVICES, ENHANCING COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND SOLIDIFYING OPERATIONAL WORKFLOWS TO BETTER SERVE OUR TARGET POPULATIONS.PREP CARE AND SERVICE EXPANSION: DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD, 178 PATIENTS WERE PRESCRIBED PREP MEDICATION, SURPASSING THE YEAR 2 TARGETS AND REFLECTING THE CONTINUED IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAM. IN COLLABORATION WITH SILMA CONSULTANTS AND OUR DEDICATED PREP SPECIALIST, WE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED STANDARDIZED WORKFLOWS, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES, STREAMLINING THE INTAKE PROCESS AND IMPROVING OVERALL SERVICE DELIVERY. THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT HAS POSITIONED THE PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS IN PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY PREP CARE.TESTING AND LINKAGE TO CARE: THIS YEAR, 253 RAPID HIV TESTS WERE CONDUCTED, WITH TWO PATIENTS PROMPTLY LINKED TO PEP FOR FURTHER CARE. RECOGNIZING THE GROWING DEMAND FOR TESTING AND PREVENTION SERVICES, WE SUCCESSFULLY EXPANDED TO A NEW TESTING CENTER AT OUR BROADWAY LOCATION, ALLOWING US TO EFFECTIVELY SERVE AN ADDITIONAL BROOKLYN COMMUNITY. THIS STRATEGIC EXPANSION HAS BROADENED OUR REACH AND ALLOWED FOR BETTER RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MEETING THE HEALTH NEEDS OF DIVERSE POPULATIONS.PROGRAMMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS: TO DATE, 178 NEW PATIENTS HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED PREP, A TESTAMENT TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR OUTREACH AND INTERNAL REFERRAL SYSTEMS. THIS SUCCESS STEMS FROM BOTH EXTERNAL REFERRALS THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND INTERNAL REFERRALS FROM OUR PRIMARY CARE, PEDIATRICS, AND OBGYN DEPARTMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, WE INTRODUCED INJECTABLE PREP, SUCCESSFULLY SERVING THREE CLIENTSAN ACHIEVEMENT THAT EXCEEDED INITIAL PROJECTIONS AND CONTINUES TO SHAPE BEST PRACTICES IN MEDICATION MANAGEMENT.OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES HAVE ALSO BEEN STRENGTHENED THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH THE CLINIC DIRECTOR OF NURSES, ENSURING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ROBUST WORKFLOWS THAT PRIORITIZE EFFICIENT PATIENT CARE AND TREATMENT. NOTABLY, OUR PREP WEEK EVENT ENGAGED OVER 100 INDIVIDUALS, FURTHER UNDERSCORING THE REACH AND IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAM.OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE ORGANIZED MORE THAN 46 PREP-SPECIFIC OUTREACH EVENTS, ENGAGING 1,426 INDIVIDUALS. WE ALSO CONDUCTED 127 HEALTH EDUCATION SESSIONS, REACHING 3,325 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH VARIOUS SETTINGS, INCLUDING OUTREACH EVENTS, PRIMARY CARE DEPARTMENTS, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIRS. THESE INITIATIVES WERE PIVOTAL IN PROMOTING AWARENESS AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES.TO ENHANCE COORDINATION AND EFFICIENCY, A MONTHLY EVENT CALENDAR WAS INTRODUCED, STREAMLINING THE SCHEDULING AND ORGANIZATION OF THESE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. WHILE SOME EVENTS FOCUSED ON GENERAL HEALTH EDUCATION, THEY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN RAISING COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND PROVIDING REFERRALS.IN SUMMARY, 2023 WAS A YEAR OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND SUCCESS FOR THE WELLNESS CENTER. WE EXCEEDED OUR OUTREACH AND SERVICE DELIVERY GOALS, STRENGTHENED INTERNAL PROCESSES, AND EXPANDED OUR CAPACITY TO SERVE THE BROOKLYN COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY MSM AND POC POPULATIONS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THIS PROGRESS IN THE COMING YEAR.