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Charlotte providers bring focused COVID-19 response to underserved communities.

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Author(s): Castellucci, Maria
Source:
Modern Healthcare. 7/27/2020, Vol. 50 Issue 28, p18-18. 1p.

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- Subject Terms:
  COMMUNITY health services; COMPUTERS; ENDOWMENTS; EXECUTIVES; FOOD; HISPANIC Americans -- Psychology; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; PROTECTIVE clothing; MEDICAL referrals; MEDICAL screening; MEDICALLY underserved areas; MEDICAL societies; INSTITUTIONAL cooperation; FOOD security; HEALTH & social status; COVID-19
- Subject Terms:
  NORTH Carolina
- Abstract:
  The article discusses how health systems Atrium Health and Novant Health are helping the Latino community in Charlotte, North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics mentioned include the systems' use of mobile testing sites to provide free COVID-19 tests and to distribute face masks, their partnership with food pantry Loaves and Fishes to create a mobile unit for food distribution, and their computer-based platforms for patient referral.