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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1889 |
| Heart Saving Medication |
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| Requester: |
Barbara Holton |
Organization: |
Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco |
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| Project Title: |
Heart Saving Medication |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 12:09:07 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Fasano |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This program will allow the Good Samaritan Clinic to provide heart medicine to low-income, uninsured patients in need of preventative care. The increased quality of medical care they recieve with this medication will result in a decrease in total health care costs to the state that would occur if they do not recieve proper treatment. |
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| Recipient: |
Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco |
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Contact: |
Barbara Holton |
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5334 Aspen Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(727) 385-6988 |
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New Port Richey 34652 |
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Contact email: |
bholton@goodsamclinic.org |
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| Counties: |
Pasco |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| This program provides special medications for heart patients without insurance, ie plavix. It is a unique program that has community partnerships with three local hospitals. They send indigent patients who cannot afford care to the clinic for medical treatment. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Providing this medication to status post-open heart surgery (as well as other procedures preformed on the heart) will prevent blood clots and other heart problems which could lead to more invasive procedures. We will treat 90 patients per yr.with proper medication at a cost of 1920.00 per patient. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$172,800 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$172,800 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$200,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
1-3 patients per wk. are seen in the clinic who need Plavix. Internal needs assmt. identifies this |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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No |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
