Community benefit services. Reaching out to improve health

Health screenings and counseling.

Registered nurses conduct free health screenings for hypertension and diabetes as well as health-related counseling throughout the community. These services are provided in accessible locations such as senior centers, grocery stores, libraries and farmer’s markets. Patients who require follow-up care are provided referrals to Huntington Ambulatory Care Clinic.

Pasadena Outreach Response Team (PORT).

Thanks to a new collaboration with the City of Pasadena, we provide fieldbased support and advocacy for those experiencing homelessness, living with chronic health conditions, and/or diagnosed with mental health and/or substance use disorders. Through the PORT program, a Huntington Hospital registered nurse, a Pasadena Fire Department paramedic, a housing expert and a social worker team up to connect at-risk individuals with services.

Huntington Health is a nonprofit institution.

That means that while we must remain financially sound to continue our work, we are driven by our mission to provide compassionate community care, rather than by profits.

As part of our nonprofit mission, we provide significant benefits to the community, often in the form of health education, outreach and low or no-cost hospital care for the uninsured and those with limited means. In 2021, we provided community benefit services valued at more than $135 million.

Community benefit services are not covered by traditional reimbursements, and we are grateful to the local philanthropists who help make these services possible. Support from these generous friends helps us make investments in community health.

Flu shots.

Every year in the fall, community members receive free influenza vaccines without an appointment at various community locations, including but not limited to local community centers, senior centers and public libraries.

Senior Care Network.

Since 1984, Senior Care Network (SCN) has provided a wide array of services to older adults and adults with disabilities, as well as to their family caregivers. SCN’s skilled nurses and social workers support thousands of vulnerable community members each year so that they can remain as vital, healthy and independent as possible.

Visit huntingtonhealth.org/communitybenefit to learn more.