Continued from page 1... Legacy Sharpstown Rookin 6677 Rookin Street, Houston Opening April Legacy is acquiring Dr. Rubina Khan’s Clinicare practice, which will combine her special needs pediatric services with much-needed behavioral health care from Legacy. Dr. Khan and her staff will stay on as part of our team to provide a continuum of care to a largely Vietnamese patient population. Legacy Sharpstown Rookin is within walking distance from our larger Southwest and Baker-Ripley clinics, making it easier for transportation-challenged families to keep appointments, establish regular well-child visits, and manage chronic health conditions.
Legacy Sharpstown SW Freeway 9401 Southwest Freeway, Suite 127, Houston Opened February When leadership at Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD wanted to establish primary care services for its behavioral health patients, they reached out to Legacy for help. In February, Dr. Eric Nolen of Legacy’s Mapleridge clinic began seeing patients one day a week at the Center’s Southwest Freeway location. Patients who need additional care or can’t immediately be fit into an already-packed schedule are referred to three other Legacy locations nearby. The coordination between the Harris Center’s behavioral health staff and our primary care team is an extension of Legacy’s established model of integrated care.
Legacy San Jacinto 4301 Garth Road, Baytown Expanded services began January We’re making room for more patients and expanded services in Baytown. The dental suite at Legacy San Jacinto opened late last year, and Dr. Hugo Sarria, OB/GYN, started in January. Renovations are also planned to provide more space for our pediatricians and OB/GYN teams. None of this would be possible without support from our generous donors, friends, and health care partners. Thank you for fueling Legacy’s continuing mission of “driving healthy change in our communities.”
Our Community Clinics: Legacy Mapleridge
6550 Mapleridge Street, Houston, TX 77081 Services offered: Adult Primary Care, Pediatrics, O/B GYN and Maternity, Behavioral Health When Legacy acquired the Mapleridge location in 2012, the clinic Monthly staff meetings keep the lines of communication open between had three providers and two exam rooms. The number of providers has clinical staff, front-office employees, and management. “We often host quadrupled since then, and we’ve added 13 exam rooms and seven additional potluck meetings, bringing in our own food to share ideas and friendship,” offices for behavioral health appointments to accommodate the more than says Navarro. “We discuss ways to better serve our patients and provide staff 7,000 patients seen there each year. what they need. How can we be innovative and flexible without affecting our As Site Director, Sarah Franco Navarro is responsible for coordinating high standard of patient care?” patient care from the front door to the exam room. “I also have to anticipate our There’s no question the entire Mapleridge team is committed to each providers’ needs,” she says. “Mapleridge is other and their patients. The site’s open until 8PM Monday through Thursday, original doctors, those working there and many of our providers are here late to when Legacy took over the clinic, are ensure our patients have access to care.” still there today. At last year’s patient Dr. Melanie Melville, Mapleridge’s holiday appreciation party, most of the Clinical Site Director, is charged with staff volunteered to hand out presents, ensuring her location offers quality medical play games, and have fun with patient care, managing provider schedules, and families. Navarro herself drives three making sure certifications are up to date. hours round trip every day just to get to “We serve a very diverse community,” she and from work. says. “On one side of southwest Houston we She does this, and her staff goes the have the immigrant population, but we’re extra mile, for patients like “Jose” who also close to Bellaire and all the students, bring meaning to their daily work. “He young professionals, and young families had behavioral problems at a young who live there. They all come to us for care age and difficulties in school. He was because we’re centrally located and offer a eight years old when he came to Legacy, full suite of services.” where we diagnosed him with autism,” “We have Med-Ped doctors who are says Dr. Melville. “Most children are dual-certified in internal medicine and diagnosed as infants, so we knew it was Sarah Franco Navarro and Dr. Melanie Melville pediatrics,” Navarro says. “They can see important to help his family coordinate at Legacy Mapleridge Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, and children care. He now has in-home therapy, of all ages, all on the same day. It’s like the special education at school, and regular old days when one doctor treated the entire family.” visits at Mapleridge for primary care and behavioral health appointments.” As a psychiatrist, Dr. Melville especially values Legacy’s integration of Looking to the future, Navarro and Dr. Melville hope to increase clinic behavioral and primary health care. She believes that, “Good mental health is space, expand OB/GYN services, and open the clinic’s doors on weekends. paramount to everyone’s overall health. The integrated health care model of “Visitors often have a hard time believing this is a community health clinic. both primary and behavioral health in one location means better outcomes It’s a clean, vibrant, and professional space,” says Navarro. “I’d love for people for our patients.” to see what we do every day to drive healthy change!”