Common Ground
Health Clinic

HIMSS Foundation Reaches Out to New Orleans’ Common Ground Health Clinic

Working Together for the Common Ground Health Clinic, HIMSS Members Provide Monetary and Health IT Donations

HIMSS members will be putting the Society’s healthcare IT mission into action with the Common Ground Health Clinic in New Orleans. HIMSS Foundation has aligned with this free clinic in the Algiers section of the city to help provide needed supplies and technology as the Society comes to New Orleans Feb. 25-March 1, 2007, for the 2007 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. All donations to the clinic will be managed by the HIMSS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of HIMSS.

The main clinic is in the Algiers neighborhood, located on the West Bank of New Orleans. Additionally, the clinic operates a Latino Outreach Health Project (LHOP) that goes out several days a week to provide services to Hispanic laborers and residents and occasional mobile clinics. The clinic also provides weekly, confidential HIV testing in partnership with the New Orleans Dept. of Health.

Since opening on September 9, 2005, the clinic has had 20,000 patient visits and now sees about 200 patients each week. Most of the patients do not have health insurance. Visit www.cghc.org to read more about the clinic.