Leahy Clinic Launches Early Detection and Screening Program
The University of Scranton’s Edward R. Leahy Clinic for the Uninsured recently launched an Early Detection and Screening program, which will allow the clinic to provide necessary health tests and screenings for uninsured patients at reduced and negotiated prices. From left: Cathy Fitzpatrick, director of grants and scholarships at the Scranton Area Community Foundation (SACF); Maria Vital, administrative director at the Edward R. Leahy Clinic for the Uninsured; Meg Hambrose, director of corporate and foundation relations at The University of Scranton; Frank Caputo, grants and scholarships manager at the SACF; and Jerry Musheno, SACF Foundation board of governors.The University of Scranton’s Edward R. Leahy Clinic for the Uninsured recently launched a vital initiative to provide patients with access to life-saving and sight-saving health screening at significantly reduced costs.
A new Early Detection and Screening program will allow the clinic to provide necessary health tests and screenings for uninsured patients at reduced and negotiated prices. Patients will receive services, such as life-saving colonoscopies, mammograms and sight-saving retinal eye exams for patients with diabetes, at testing centers where decreased prices were negotiated, ensuring patients will comply with physician-recommended tests and follow-up exams.
The program was made possible through a grant from the Scranton Area Community Foundation’s Community Needs Grant Cycle.
The Leahy Clinic on Kressler Court provides high-quality, non-emergency health care to uninsured Lackawanna County residents who may otherwise forego health care due to cost. The clinic also provides teaching, learning, researching and service opportunities to University and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty, students and volunteers.
