WeCareJax was featured on The Balancing Act with Montel Williams! Our organization was chosen as a leader in providing compassionate care and increasing health equity in Duval County. Join us in watching our patients, staff, and board of directors discuss health equity on The Balancing Act™!
It’s not easy to change, even if it’s something that will be beneficial to you. For some of our patients – just like it is for anyone – change is scary, difficult, and completely overwhelming. That’s when Sheika Allen, WeCareJax Community Health Worker, steps in. Sheika guides them through these scary transitions, encourages them to […]
COVID-19 has come with many long-lasting effects; some we know of, some we don’t. With the research and statistics found so far, Mayo Clinic has determined that one of the most devastating effects is possible organ damage of the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain. To assist these ongoing effects, we have added Long-Haul COVID as […]
Wanting to focus on your health this weekend and don’t know where to find events? Look no further! Scroll through to find events going on this weekend for COVID-19 vaccinations and testing and health webinars and classes. Free COVID-19 Vaccinations August 28th Community Health Outreach – 5126 Timuquana Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32210 9 am – […]
Article by Beth Reese Cravey, The Florida Times-Union JaxCareConnect, a new initiative developed to connect uninsured Jacksonville residents to primary care, has launched a website to build those connections online. The site — jaxcareconnect.org — will use patients’ health care needs and location to match them to primary care providers in a network of free and low-cost health centers. “We have […]
April is National Minority Health Month. This is a time to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minority populations and encourage action through health education, early detection, and control of disease complications. To participate in this discussion, we wanted to highlight some of our patients. Today’s patient story is […]
Article by Beth Reese Cravey, The Florida Times-Union Early next year a group of area health care providers will launch a pilot project with two clear goals: connect about 2,000 uninsured Jacksonville residents to primary care and save an estimated $4.4 million in unnecessary emergency room visits by 2024. The Duval Safety Net Collaborative was founded in December 2019 by nonprofit partners […]
Editorial by the Florida Times-Union Editorial Board It’s a well-known fact that uninsured Jacksonville residents use the emergency room too often for primary care services. Unfortunately, Jacksonville has too many uninsured residents. About 1 in 6 adults in Duval County don’t have health insurance. Many of them are low-wage earners. And pandemic, which is causing […]
After being diagnosed with invasive Ducal Carcinoma of the right breast (Breast Cancer), Gloria, a 62-year-old wife, and mother, was referred to WeCareJax by the Sulzbacher Clinic. Following the initial consultation, WeCareJax referred Gloria to the award-winning Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center. At Baptist MD Anderson, Gloria underwent breast surgery to remove the malignant mass, […]