MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital is seeking residents of the Lexington Park, Great Mills and Park Hall areas who have an interest in bringing healthcare services to their community. Specifically, the hospital is looking for individuals to serve on the Greater Lexington Park Health Enterprise Zone Advisory Board. Earlier this year, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown announced the State’s first Health Enterprise Zones (HEZ) in five locations throughout Maryland, including greater Lexington Park. With the designation comes a range of incentives, benefits and grant funding to address the primary care provider shortage and identified health disparities. The purpose of the HEZ program is three-fold: (1) Reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations and among geographic areas; (2) Improve health care access and health outcomes in underserved communities; and (3) Reduce health care costs and unnecessary hospital admissions and re-admissions. The Greater Lexington Park HEZ consortium partners through wide ranging programming — will target asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, and behavioral health conditions. Specific plans include: • Community health workers will serve as a grassroots team to promote good health to their neighbors and provide information and referrals to help people access quality [...]
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