Grace Medical Home

Grace Medical Home serves as a vital link in Central Florida's healthcare safety net system by providing an exceptional medical practice to serve the ongoing, primary and preventive medical care, oral health and mental health needs of the low income, uninsured of Orange County, as well as comprehensive chronic disease management that demonstrate improved clinical outcomes. Grace is not just a clinic that provides comprehensive care to the uninsured for little or no cost, but a medical home providing continuous, comprehensive primary and preventive care. Patients have an ongoing and personal relationship with their provider and a place to turn to for their healthcare needs. It is precisely what the low-income, uninsured in Orange County are unable to access due to cost-barriers and insurance status. By God's grace, we extend hope, healing, and wholeness through meaningful relationships with our patients. Our services include primary and preventative care, in-house labs, digital x-ray, vaccinations, diabetes education, access to donated medications, treatment of acute and chronic illnesses, and on-site medical specialties including cardiology, mental health counseling, dental, endocrinology, ophthalmology, vascular, and more. In 2022, the Organization served 1,201 unduplicated patients. These patients had more than 15,867 patient encounters, received more than $12,078,267 million in value of care, including prescription medications obtained on behalf of specific patients or donated directly to our facility, and were offered 35 medical specialties on-site, including 1,751 Dental Center visits and 2,385 mental health or spiritual care visits. Also this year, we received a state legislative appropriation to purchase and equip a mobile medical van that can be used for patient outreach and medical appointments for low-income, uninsured patients. Transportation is a large barrier. More than 25% of our patients do not own a car and have to borrow one, take the bus, walk or ride a bike or pay someone to bring them to their medical appointments. Many appointments can be done in a mobile unit including follow-up visits, lab draws, vaccination, medication check-in or nurse visits. Roughly 60% of our patients work full-time in low-wage, service industries and a van would reduce the need for them to take off work for some appointments.