ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES
Raymond Lowe , Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at AltaMed Health Services , discusses clinical system transformation and remote working
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N on-profit healthcare company AltaMed Health Services was founded as the East Los Angeles Barrio Free Clinic in 1969 , with a mission to provide healthcare to the underserved Latino and multi-ethnic population of east Los Angeles . There was a lack of healthcare available in this area and today they ’ re one of the largest community health centres in the country , serving nearly 300,000 patients with more than 1,000,000 visits a year .
AltaMed serves everyone and anyone independent of their ability to pay or their immigration status . “ We welcome everyone at AltaMed and we are here to help them with primary care and their health concerns , providing quality care without exception ” Lowe says . “ At our core is social justice .”
Lowe joined AltaMed in January 2018 . The company had been going through a decade of “ explosive growth ”, with the number of patients they serve having increased tenfold .
AUGUST 2020