With the support of the foundation’s grant, the COVID-19 Response Fund will address the current and potential needs of associates across 12 hospitals and more than 100 clinical sites, and ensure all patients receive high-quality, personalized, compassionate and holistic care, regardless of their ability to pay. The hospital system is preparing for a potential future surge of patients due to the pandemic, and as the designated safety net hospitals for the region, Ascension Seton expects to see a rise in uninsured and underinsured patients.
Cover health care costs for poor and vulnerable patients related to COVID-19.Additional gifts to the fund will now have double the impact to help: “This gift from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation is part of that inspiration and will be put to immediate use helping those most impacted by the crisis.”Īscension Seton will use its Bank of America grant as a matching fund to support its COVID-19 Response Fund. “In the face of uncertainty around COVID-19, I have been inspired by how our community has come together,” said Dell Med Dean Clay Johnston, M.D., Ph.D.
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Hole and Dell Med student Zack Timmons operationalized an emergency food response system that has already served more than 1,000 people with a full week’s worth of healthy food. In the first eight days, a team led by Dr. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s grant supports a critical component of this response: the hiring of individuals to pack and deliver nutritious food to seniors and people with compromised immune systems so they can avoid high-traffic locations such as grocery stores and food pantries. In partnership with Hope Food Pantry and the Austin Transportation Department, the company recently launched the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” initiative. To promote social distancing and address food and job insecurity during this time of crisis, Dell Med is partnering with Good Apple, a doctor-prescribed grocery delivery service founded and operated by Dell Med students and Michael Hole, M.D., MBA, pediatrician at Dell Children’s Medical Center, part of Ascension Seton, and an assistant professor with Dell Med and the Lyndon B. “During this challenging time, it’s important that we all work together like Austinites do - with innovation, compassion, and fellowship.” “As communities look for ways to serve the most vulnerable populations impacted by the coronavirus crisis, we are dedicated to supporting the health care heroes at Dell Med and Ascension Seton - and their innovative solutions,” said Nikki Graham, Bank of America Austin market president. Additionally, the funds will assist healthcare workers as they maintain their own well-being while caring for others by providing assistance with financial hardship, housing and medical needs. The remaining half will support Ascension Seton’s clinical response across 11 counties. Half of the funds will go to Dell Med to strengthen an initiative through which 8,000 Central Texas residents who are particularly susceptible to the dangers of the coronavirus can enjoy fresh, healthy food. As such, the foundation is providing $250,000 toward coordinated efforts between Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin and Ascension Seton to help address those nutritional needs and other challenges the community is facing as a result of the coronavirus. AUSTIN, Texas - Central Texans will receive additional support during the coronavirus pandemic, specifically to fill food insecurity gaps, cover patient costs, assist with hospital equipment needs and provide financial assistance for health care workers, thanks to a grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.Įvery day, nearly 160,000 Travis County residents have trouble meeting their nutritional needs.
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