Indianapolis, IN—The Jane Pauley Community Health Center, which opened its first location at the Renaissance School in Warren Township in 2009, is expanding to five additional sites on the east side of Indianapolis, increasing access to healthcare for a medically underserved population.
The center has opened a new location at 21st Street and Shadeland Avenue, in addition to expanding sites of care to four existing Community Health Network school-based clinics at the following schools: Howe, Hawthorne, Brook Park and Shelbyville.
“I am honored and excited to be part of this innovative approach to quality healthcare access,” said Jane Pauley, former Today anchor and east side Indianapolis native. “Lending my name to the first of these facilities—not just in my hometown—but in my neighborhood—was indescribably meaningful to me. The subsequent growth of the initiative far exceeded my imagination, but now I see even
The Jane Pauley Community Health Center-Shadeland provides primary care, in addition to a full-service clinic for women and their children. The center offers patients a more well-rounded experience, with the integration of mental health, nutrition and social work services. The facility is located at a Community Health Network pavilion location and is a designated Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Services are delivered regardless of ability to pay and the cost of care is based on a sliding fee scale and family income. In addition to providing healthcare for an underserved population, the center focuses on the management of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, cardiac disease and depression.
“Our mission at Community Health Network is to provide coordinated, integrated care that’s convenient and easy to use,” said Bryan Mills, president and CEO of Community Health Network. “We believe expanding the successful Jane Pauley Community Health Center model in Indianapolis will allow us to fulfill our mission, while providing exceptional healthcare within a medical home environment.”
Since opening its doors in September 2009, the original Jane Pauley center site has experienced a 39 percent increase in the number of patients seen each year. In addition, nearly 6,000 students have been treated at the school-based clinic locations during the past year.
The Jane Pauley Community Health Center Dental Clinic officially opens in March 2013, providing affordable dental care, as well as training opportunities for Warren Township vocational students and students from the Indiana University School of Dentistry. The dental clinic will open at the Walker Career Center at Warren Central High School.
