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| A healthy grant |
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| Mosaic Medical receives $504,905 in stimulus dollars |
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 | | KEVIN GABOURY/CENTRAL OREGONIAN | | Kevin Gaboury/Central Oregonian
A $504,905 grant will allow Prineville Mosaic Medical staff like Sally Emerson Smith, RN, and Martha Martinez, MA to keep medical records electronically. |
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By Kevin Gaboury
Mosaic Medical, which operates clinics in Prineville, Madras and Bend, received $504,905 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding this week, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) announced Tuesday.
The money is part of $14.6 million awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services for capital improvements to health centers across the state. The funding will be used for construction, repair and renovation of health facilities, to purchase new equipment or health information technology, and to expand the use of electronic health facilities, a U.S. Senate news release stated.
"More than 17 million Americans from small towns to urban centers rely on community health centers for basic health care," Wyden said in the release. "Keeping these centers healthy is crucial to keeping Americans healthy."
At all three Mosaic Medical locations, the funding will be used to purchase equipment for electronic health records, Mosaic Medical Executive Director Charla DeHate explained. The clinic will begin setting up the system in the next four months and it should be online in the next 12 to 18 months.
"That will assist us in sharing records between our sites, which will make us more efficient," DeHate said. "When our doctors rotate between sites, it will make it easier for them to work with the patients."
Along with this, the Bend clinic will see the expansion of nine additional examination rooms.
"What it will do is allow us to almost double the number of people we see in Bend," DeHate said. "We'll also be hiring 18 to 20 more employees."
She mentioned that around 60 percent of the $504,905 will be used on the examination rooms and 40 percent will be used to purchase the new equipment.
Other area clinics that have received funding are Asher Community Clinic in Fossil, which received $287,450, and LaPine Community Health Center in LaPine, which received $250,000.
Mosaic Medical began in Prineville in 2002 and is located next to the Crook County Health Department on NW Beaver Street in Prineville. The not-for-profit care center provides primary care service to the citizens of Prineville, Bend and Madras. |
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