Calman N
Hosp Health Netw. 1994 May 20;68(10):12.
Two physicians and a nurse practitioner set out a decade ago to provide primary care services to families in some of New York City's neediest neighborhoods. In 1984, the group founded the Institute for Urban Family Health, a family practice provider serving patients in the Bronx and Manhattan. Its 12 clinics log 85,000 patient visits annually, supported by a staff that includes 34 full-time physicians and five nurse practitioners. The institute also operates two family practice residency programs in collaboration with two hospitals. Because of these efforts, institute president and co-founder Neil Calman, M.D. (below) last year received a $100,000 Community Health Leadership Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The award recognizes individuals who are reshaping the health care system at the community level. Calman, a family physician, spoke recently to staff editor Rhonda Bergman about the institute and its impact on patients.
十年前，两名医生和一名执业护士开始为纽约市一些最贫困社区的家庭提供初级医疗服务。1984年，这个团队创立了城市家庭健康研究所，这是一家在布朗克斯区和曼哈顿为患者服务的家庭医疗服务机构。它的12家诊所每年接待85000名患者，工作人员包括34名全职医生和五名执业护士。该研究所还与两家医院合作开展了两个家庭医疗住院医师培训项目。由于这些努力，该研究所所长兼联合创始人尼尔·卡尔曼医生（见下图）去年获得了罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会颁发的10万美元社区健康领导奖。该奖项表彰那些在社区层面重塑医疗体系的个人。卡尔曼是一名家庭医生，他最近与编辑人员朗达·伯格曼谈到了该研究所及其对患者的影响。
