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Pediatric, behavioral health services offered to PreK-12 students HOUSTON (September 2, 2020) – Legacy Community Health (Legacy), the largest federally qualified health center in Texas, has opened two clinics, one in each of two Galena Park I.S.D. campuses: North Shore Senior High School and Green Valley Elementary School. The clinics are a first-of-its-kind for Galena …
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Pediatric, behavioral health services offered to students at four additional YES Prep schools HOUSTON (August 21, 2020) – Legacy Community Health (Legacy), the largest federally qualified health center in Texas, will open new school-based clinics located inside of four YES Prep campuses, bringing the total number of Legacy school-based clinics to 27. For the first …
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Checkups for Children under 3 up by 6% over same month last year HOUSTON (August 17, 2020) – In support of National Immunization Awareness Month, the COVID-19 summer has shown positive trends for parents bringing in their children for their annual exams. Legacy Community Health compared the total number of well-child appointments to the same …
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COVID-related calls, tests causing longer wait times HOUSTON (July 1, 2020) – During the month of June, Legacy Community Health saw a marked increase in the number of COVID-19 tests and positive rates. While testing for the coronavirus remained steady through April and May, Legacy saw a peak during the week of June 15 testing …
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HOUSTON (June 29, 2020) – Legacy Community Health conducted an online survey among parents and guardians of pediatric patients between 04/27/2020 and 05/15/2020 following Harris County’s stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was provided in English and Spanish to help understand potential barriers to care imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the stay-at-home …
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Pediatric Annual Visits for Children Over 3 Fall Drastically Below Normal in May HOUSTON (June 14, 2020) –As Legacy Community Health continues to track the rate of pediatric annual exams to ensure children are receiving their immunizations, a look at May’s visits showed a 50% decrease from the same month in 2019 for children over …
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Temporary Changes in State Requirements Help Patients Get Extra Month of Medications HOUSTON (June 5, 2020) – Since mid-March when statewide restrictions were put in place to flatten the number of COVID-19 cases, Legacy Community Health Financial Services has seen a 58.5% increase from the average number of completed applications for the Texas HIV Medication …
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New Policies on Masks, Social Distancing, Limits on Non-Patient Visitors Now in Effect HOUSTON, BEAUMONT (May 12, 2020) – Since mid-March when Texas Governor Abbott signed a waiver to allow telemedicine for patients covered by state health programs like Medicaid, Legacy Community Health’s telemedicine program has jumped to account for nearly 40% of all appointments …
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Legacy vision specialists available via telehealth for limited services HOUSTON (April 20, 2020) –Legacy Community Health now offers remote vision appointments via telehealth – which Legacy is calling TeleVision – for a limited list of services during the COVID-19 pandemic. While in-person vision exams are not possible at this time, existing patients can video- or …
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Pediatric Medical Director Dr. Tamisha Jones Sounds Alarm, Pleads with Parents of Infants to Adhere to Vaccination Schedule HOUSTON (April 24, 2020) – With the increased anxiety from the novel coronavirus, including the economic shutdown and government restrictions on social gatherings, many parents are actively choosing to miss their child’s annual wellness exam. At Legacy …