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The SIU Anna Jonesboro School Based Health Center is a rural health clinic located on the first floor of the Anna Jonesboro Community High School. The clinic provides teen friendly medical health services to all students in the region as well as their families and community members of all ages. Some of the services we provide include: School physicals Sports physicals Asthma evaluation and treatment Specialist referrals when indicated Contraception management (on patient request) Weight management Evaluation and treatment of chronic medical illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, thyroid

SIU Family Medicine Residency Program for Springfield went to recruit medical students at this year’s Student National Medical Associations Annual Medical Education Conference (SNMA). On April 5 - 9, Dr. Christopher Smyre, MD, Assistant Professor and Director of Antiracism, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, traveled to Hartford, Connecticut, with Dr. Dorathy Okon, MD, a PGY2 Family Medicine resident physician to recruit students to the program. Their goal was to work toward continued diversification of the program’s residents and providers for central and Southern Illinois. “The SIU Family and

SIU School of Medicine authors published 29 articles in the past month that were added to PubMed. Display the 29 citations in PubMed

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Expanding program serves nearly 30,000 patients SIU Center for Family Medicine, a Federally Qualified Health Center, has received citation-free certification from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration (HHS). As a result, the Center received a $2 million HRSA grant to cover some of the program’s operating costs. The grant is the third phase of a three-year funding cycle. The Center’s two locations in Springfield and Quincy together now serve almost 30,000 patients and offer numerous “wrap around” services to provide comprehensive care. These services, praised by the

We are honored that so many members of the military have chosen SIU Medicine as their provider of choice. We are also aware that many of our military families are covered by TriCare insurance. Unfortunately, TriCare made the decision to end its contract with our Federally Qualified Health Center, including the SIU Center for Family Medicine and Division of General Internal Medicine, earlier this year. Specific plans affected include TriCare Select and TriCare Prime. Recognizing how important it is for our patients to continue being able to see their family medicine doctors, we are diligently

Decatur-area patients will have access to more health care services, thanks to a federal grant that allows the Southern Illinois University Center for Family Medicine-Decatur to become a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) under the scope of service of the Center for Family Medicine in Springfield. The US Department of Health and Human Services grant was effective July 1, 2017. Patients will have access to a spectrum of services, including prenatal care and deliveries, well child care and immunizations, chronic illness management, preventive and geriatric care. The practice, located at

The Southern Illinois University Family and Community Medicine program in Quincy has achieved recognition as a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. This represents Quincy’s third NCQA recognition as a PCMH. Their ongoing efforts are magnified by the achievement of Level 3 status which is the highest PCMH ranking. "We appreciate all of the hard work that is being done in Quincy to provide patient-centered care that is efficient, effective, equitable