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Marin General Hospital Is Committed To Helping The Community
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Provided Programs
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Marin General Hospital provided $19,432,000 in support of 105 community programs and services in 2006. The majority of this spending was charity care and unreimbursed care.
MGH provided programs for the poor, elderly, infants, children and youth, the homeless and mentally ill. Other populations with severe health problems were also served, including persons with cancer, victims of sexual assault, and AIDS/HIV patients.
Here is the complete list of programs and services provided by the hospital in 2005.
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Medical Care Services
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- Marin Community Clinic, outpatient services and rent subsidy
- Acute psychiatric and partial hospitalization for adult poor and elderly
- Free cancer screenings
- Infant massage instruction
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Other Benefits for Vulnerable Populations
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- Healthy Marin Partnership, financial donation and in-kind donation of staff services
- Equipment donations
- Marin Interfaith Council Board of Directors
- Mammography for low-income women
- Phoenix Academy therapeutic program
- Support groups for cancer patients, cancer survivors and families
- Support group for breastfeeding
- Breast Cancer and Lymphedema Recovery Workshops
- Expressive arts workshops, classes, exhibits and demonstrations
- Prenatal information and referral, and five-week class series
- Transportation and maternity tour of MGH for Hispanic women
- Breast cancer outreach programs (Race For The Cure, Stepping Out Gala)
- Medi-Cal, Healthy Families and CMSP application assistance
- Blood drives
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Other Benefits for the Broader Community
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- Public education seminars (free or low-cost) included those on advances in orthopedics, heart disease, breast cancer, women and heart disease, childbirth and infant care
- Breast health, pain management, health education, counseling and information center
- Support group referral and hotline
- Breast health hotline
- Prostate health hotline
- Penny's Promise and Marilyn’s Fund
- Speaking engagements to community groups on various health topics
- Cancer Resource & Recovery Center
- Participation (booth) at Marin County Senior Fair
- Medical library open to the public
- Meeting space for community groups
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Health Research, Education, and Training
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- Nursing education (baccalaureate and master’s levels) preceptorships for College of Marin and Dominican University
- Participation in continuing education with Countywide emergency medical system
- School-to-Career program
- Oncology clinical research
- Institutional Review Board
- National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (one of several field sites)
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Operation Access
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- Operation Access collaborates with surgeons, pathologists, radiologists and other medical professionals at Marin General Hospital to provide donated outpatient surgical care to uninsured people in our community. Operation Access is a network of 60 community clinics, 16 other participating hospitals, and over 300 medical volunteers serving the six county Bay area. To find out more about Operation Access, go to www.operationaccess.org.
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