$47,000 Grant to Benefit Family Clinic Patients
People suffering from diabetes and hypertension will benefit because of a grant to the Venice Family Clinic from a drug company’s charitable foundation, officials said.
A $47,000 grant from the New York-based Pfizer Foundation will fund improvements to the health center’s pharmacist-directed chronic care clinic, in which patients with diabetes and hypertension have regular visits with pharmacists who monitor their medications.
The clinic will hire another part-time pharmacist for the chronic care program, said Elizabeth Benson-Forer, the clinic’s executive director.
The Venice Family Clinic, which served 16,000 patients in 1997, was one of 26 nonprofit community health centers nationwide to receive a Community Health Ventures grant from the Pfizer Foundation. Grant recipients were notified last month, Benson-Forer said.
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