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Rady Children’s Hospital

Rady Children’s Hospital

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Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is a nonprofit, 551-bed pediatric-care facility dedicated to excellence in care, research and teaching:

  • We are the only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare and the region’s only designated pediatric trauma center.
  • In affiliation with the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, we are the region’s teaching hospital for the next generation of pediatric physicians.
  • We are a major pediatric clinical research center, working in collaboration with world-renowned institutions, including UC San Diego and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

San Ysidro Health Center

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San Ysidro Health Center (SYHC) is a non-profit organization fully committed to providing the highest quality, most compassionate, easily accessible and affordable health care services for the entire family. SYHC’s unique services include the San Diego Children’s Dental Center at Rady Children’s Hospital offering oral care for medically fragile children, the Adult Special Needs Dental Clinic housed within SYHC’s King Chavez Health Center, Urgent Care services located at Chula Vista Medical Plaza, and Mi Clinica – SYHC’s retail clinic at Northgate Gonzalez Market. Sites are located throughout the South Bay (National City, Chula Vista and San Ysidro), Southeast San Diego, and El Cajon.

NPI Lookup Federally Qualified Health Center – FQHC – SAN DIEGO, CA

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With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), the need to find healthcare providers by consumers as well as medical billers and coders has dramatically increased. One of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act requires all providers of medical or other items or services & suppliers that qualify for a National Provider Identifier (NPI) to include their NPI number on all applications to enroll in the Medicare and Medicaid programs and on all claims for payment submitted under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

This Database list several FQHCs in San Diego County and all over the country. 

City Heights Farmer’s Market

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A true multi-cultural urban farmers market in the heart of east San Diego City. Fresh fruits and vegetables, hot food vendors, arts and crafts, health programs, live entertainment, children’s activities and more (Saturdays 9am-1pm).

EatFresh

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EatFresh is an online resource for CalFresh (SNAP, or food stamps) eligible individuals and families; though this website is a great resource for anyone who wants to improve their health. EatFresh’s goals are 1) to encourage cooking at home with fresh foods and minimally non perishables, 2) to show users that healthy change happens even though barriers exist, 3) to better understand the link between lifestyle/diet choices with the prevention of chronic diseases. 

Freedom From Exploitation

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Freedom From Exploitation is a not-for-profit agency helping those who have been exploited through the sex industry as prostitutes, stripping, escorts and in Human Trafficking. Freedom From Exploitation was founded in 2002 in the effort to educate, empower and help reintegrate those who have suffered the effects of the sex industry. 

A Helping Hand

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A Helping Hand Counseling is comprised of licensed clinicians whose expertise is in brief-focused therapy. They will assist you in getting to the root of the problem. The goal is to help you to look at your past so that you may change your present and therefore enhance your future. 

STD Clinic- County of San Diego Health and Human Services

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The County of San Diego has four STD Clinics. All clinics offer testing and treatment for most STDs, vaccines for hepatitis A and B, and HIV testing. All services offered on the basis of risk assessments, physical examinations, and/or laboratory test results.

Clinics DO NOT perform asymptomatic herpes testing, HPV testing, PAP smears, or provide birth control (other than condoms), treatment for general medicine/non-STD related issues, HIV treatment or pregnancy care.

Share the Care – San Diego County Department of Health Service Agency

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The Dental Health Initiative/ Share the Care (DHI/STC) program is a public-private partnership between the County of San Diego and Human Services Agency, the San Diego County Dental and Dental Hygienists’ Societies, and the San Diego County Dental Health Coalition and is focused on optimizing oral health for the children of San Diego County. 

County Medical Services (CMS)

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A program that funds medical care for uninsured indigent adult county residents. While not a health insurance program, County Medical Services funds services through a network of community health centers, private physicians and hospitals.