Community Relations
Intrinsic to the Mission of Mercy is community involvement, and Saint Joseph’s serves the community by supporting programs that improve the health of our community. By initiating outreach programs that address health concerns of the metro Atlanta area, Saint Joseph's carries its healing mission beyond the bedside and into the community.
Operating through broad coverage of local and regional government relations, employee volunteerism, and corporate social responsibility, the community relations program builds partnerships to:
- offer screenings and health education for the community.
- facilitate research to improve patient care.
- provide charity health services.
Worksite wellness programs
According to the Wellness Councils of America, more than 81 percent of U.S. companies with 50 or more employees have some form of corporate wellness program which offer inexpensive ways to cut or control huge annual increases in health insurance premiums. Through the community relations program, Saint Joseph’s can provide all necessary staff and supplies, including consent forms, sign-in sheets, educational information, and medical equipment to properly conduct a corporate wellness program.
Community screenings
Saint Joseph's regularly offers health screenings to the public at little or no charge including:
- Cholesterol
- Glucose
- Blood pressure
- Peripheral vascular (blood flow in the legs)
- Stroke (modified 3-lead EKG and carotid bruit assessment)
- Height and weight with BMI (body mass index)
- Prostate screening
- Skin cancer
- Mobile mammography
Speaker's bureau
Saint Joseph's speaker’s bureau is available to visit corporations and community groups and address audiences on a range of topics including:
- Saint Joseph’s: Creating the future of health care for Atlanta
- Translational research and community benefit
- New approaches in the treatment and management of heart disease
- Compassionate care: the heart of medicine
- Closing the gap between access to health care and the underserved
- Ethics
- End of life decisions
- Stress management
- Ergonomics
- Healthy back
- Diabetes care
- Cholesterol
- Blood pressure
- Smoking cessation
- Weight management and physical activity
- Food and nutrition
- Asthma and allergies
- Cancer and more
Health fairs
Saint Joseph’s can provide educational information at health fairs and challenge participants to learn more about prevention of disease including cancer, diabetes, heart, vascular, wellness, nutrition, orthopedic.
For more information contact Ashleigh Wheeler at 404-851-5773.
