In Human Terms: Free Comprehensive Healthcare
Last year the Venice Family Clinic recorded more than 80,000 patient visits and filled more than 65,000 free prescriptions. No one paid a cent for the care they so badly needed. Patients range from the homeless to people who suffer from chronic dise...
In Human Terms: Case Manager Plays Key Role in Personalizing Healthcare Service
The demand for the health services the Venice Family Clinic provides is exploding. In order to retain the personal service for which they are known, patients see the same nurse each time they visit, one of three physicians, and interact with the sam...
In Human Terms: Venice Family Clinic, The
The mission of the Venice Family Clinic is to provide comprehensive primary healthcare that is affordable, accessible and compassionate to low income families and people without health insurance. Most of their patients are Hispanic or Russian in the...
In Human Terms: Venice Family Clinic: One Patient's Story
One patient at the clinic was approaching 65 years of age when the bookstore where he'd worked and lived for more than thirty years went bankrupt. He was alone, without relatives, and homeless on the street for about 48 hours when he collapsed and e...