Success Stories by State: New York

• Rural Opportunities Enterprise Center
  September 2009
  The Center provides information on business start-up and expansion and offers microloans to qualifying businesses.
• Fit for Life
  July 2009
  The Fit for Life program was designed to provide medical supervision so area residents with health conditions could safely participate in an exercise program and educational opportunities.
• Inter-Lakes Dental Clinic
  July 2009
  The clinic offered the full range of dental services, including fillings, sealants, root canals, extractions, crowns, bridges, dentures, cleanings, and checkups. Clients served by the clinic were of all ages and income levels, although the project placed strong emphasis on serving indigent patients covered by Medicaid or Child/Family Health Plus.
• St. Lawrence Access to Care Program
  May 2009
  Program activities included an intensive education and outreach campaign to increase awareness of the need for and availability of preventive health screenings, a concerted effort to access points to network services for uninsured and underinsured residents, and the provision of followup and diagnostic testing for uninsured and underinsured clients with problematic screening results.
• EMS Co-op Helps Rural Providers
  September 2007
  Using the power of group purchasing within a cooperative structure, the North Central EMS Cooperative (NCEMSC) is an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) cooperative developed to serve Minnesota and surrounding states.
• Rochester New York Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
  July 2007
  The Rochester, New York (Monroe County) RQI initiative is working across payers to improve the quality of care provided to individuals with diabetes at the practice-site level.
• Thiel Hospitality House
  March 2007
  The Thiel Hospitality House is a community supported short residence opportunity for not just loved ones of hospitalized patients in crisis, but for overnight ambulatory care patients, visiting practitioners, and health professions students as well.
• Livingston County Department of Health Injury and Illness Prevention Project
  January 2007
  In this injury and illness prevention project, the Livingston County Department of Health and its partners seek to maximize the health and quality of life of rural, community-dwelling older adults and will implement a system based on emergency medical services (EMS) to screen, identify, educate, and refer rural-dwelling individuals at risk for preventable conditions.
• North Country Diabetes Project
  January 2007
  The project will execute a unique community health approach including screenings, risk awareness, and education sessions, creatively using a registered dietitian at the Health Department, home health care registered nurses, JCEO case managers, and community outreach workers.
• Norwich School District Project
  January 2007
  This project plans to improve the health status of its school-age populations by enrolling 90 percent of the target population into school-based health centers by the end of the school year; increasing access to primary care, mental health, and dental care services for students; and increasing enrollment in Medicaid, Child Health Plus, and Family Health Plus.
• School-Based Health Centers Expansion Consortium
  January 2007
  Bassett Healthcare and six school districts have formed a Consortium that seeks to expand and enhance their School-Based Health Centers (SBHC) to include dental and mental health care programs and community outreach services.