“Working for a healthier future for Waterbury”
Here at the Waterbury Health Access Program, we are dedicated to providing an innovative, integrated system to serve the medical needs of the uninsured and underinsured patients in the greater Waterbury area. Founded in 2003, by a consortium of health care providers, our multifaceted program provides eligible patients with access to affordable health care coverage, prescription medications, disease management, and social services. As part of this initiative, we are also implementing a community-wide paperless electronic medical record (EMR) system with a powerful patient data sharing tool to assist providers in getting access to clinical information.
Please click the links below to learn more about each program:
Case Management:Over 4200 patients are receiving assistance with obtaining health care coverage, prescription medications, and health care navigational services. An internet-based case management system is under development.
Disease Management:Over 500 patients are receiving HIV and Diabetes disease management services.
Waterbury Project Access:Over 330 community providers have agreed to participate in a coordinated charity care program where eligible patients receive care at no cost.
Waterbury Health Information Network:Two of the consortium members have implemented the EMR, and the data sharing tool is operational in a testing database. This provides the basis for forming a nationally-recognized Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO).
Consortium Members:
Waterbury Hospital
Chase Outpatient Center
Alliance Medical Group
St. Mary’s Hospital
Family Health Center
Franklin Medical Group
StayWell Health Center
Waterbury Medical Association
Waterbury Health Department
If you are a patient needing more information on the services offered by WHAP or eligibility criteria for enrolling into Project Access, please click the respective links.
Physicians wanting to participate and/or learn more about Project Access, please click the link.
The Waterbury Health Access Program is funded by Healthy Community Access Program, Department of US Health and Human Services, and the WHAP Consortium. Additional funding is received from Connecticut Community Foundation and The Leever Foundation.