CareSouth Carolina going shopping with its patients

More than 5,500 of CareSouth Carolina’s patients have been diagnosed with diabetes and many are admittedly struggling with their diet. To resolve this issue, the organization has formulated a program to help each one of those patients on an individual level. When a patient is diagnosed with diabetes or is identified to be struggling with the condition, CareSouth Carolina is giving them the option of meeting with a member of its Family Support Services (FSS) III CMA/RMA staff at a local grocery store of their choosing regularly.

Building Partnerships to Improve Health in the Rural South: CareSouth Carolina

Background Communities in the Pee Dee region along the coastal plains of South Carolina were already suffering, and then came the storms. In the last few years, powerful hurricanes have destroyed crops, washed out roads and bridges, and generally made lives more complicated in a region already marked by high poverty rates and poor health. By knocking out major thoroughfares, the hurricanes also have made it harder for CareSouth Carolina, a federally qualified health center (FQHC), to treat patients across this sprawling region.

Access To High Quality Primary Care

While it is not a free clinic the ReGenesis Community Health Center that opened its doors this past Wednesday welcomes patients regardless of their ability to pay. “The goal and purpose of ReGenesis is to provide access to high quality primary care,” ReGenesis President and CEO Marlon Hunter said Thursday.