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Aspirus riverview hospital & clinics, inc. Owns and operates the following entities: (1) aspirus riverview hospital, established in 1912; (2) the outpatient aspirus riverview therapies; (3) aspirus riverview clinics - this service includes clinics in wisconsin rapids, nekoosa, and the rome-lakes area; (4) the aspirus uw cancer center. Aspirus riverview cancer center opened in 2003 in cooperation with uw comprehensive cancer center, madison; (5) aspirus riverview dental clinic. Aspirus riverview established this clinic in 2009 to serve residents of south wood county who are covered by badger care/medicaid; (6) aspirus riverview wound and hyperbaric center. The center opened in 2010 and is managed by healogics; (7) aspirus heart & vascular clinic. Aspirus riverview established the clinic in 2016, staffing it with a full time cardiologist and nurse practitioner; (8) aspirus doctors clinic was purchased as of 1/1/17. Aspirus riverview hospital & clinics, inc. Provides community benefit programs and services that address identified community health needs regardless of source or availability of payment, and it provides measurable improvement in health access, health status, and the use of health care resources. In addition, the programs and services considered community benefits should meet one or more of the following criteria: *supports the organization's community-based mission *targets the problems of the poor or medically underserved *impacts the health status of the identified community *reduces community health costs *is accessible to the entire target community regardless of their ability to pay *stimulates external community partnerships *improves the access to needed health care servicesfonemed is a free, confidential telephone service the community can call after the clinics are closed to get routine health advice or general health information from a registered nurse. Approximately 1,600 persons benefited from this program. Coalition building: the healthy people wood county obesity prevention team is focusing efforts on building environments and policies which can support healthy behavior change in terms of diet and exercise. Representatives form aspirus riverview serve on the safe kids coalition, working to prevent injury and death in children aged 0-14. The community relations assistant represents aspirus riverview on the 3-0 day committee (our bodies, our responsibilities). The committee organizes a teen conference annually focusing on reducing at-risk behavior in junior and senior high students. Approximately 350 persons benefited from these coalitions. Aspirus riverview dental clinic in wisconsin rapids is open to patients who have medicaid or badger care insurance coverage. This insurance is not typically accepted by independent dental clinics. Approximately 3,087 persons benefited from this program in 2017. The lifeline program is a 24 hour a day personal response system. A lifeline unit is installed in the "subscriber's" home and operates through their phone line. He/she wears a "personal help button", which they use to alert lifeline simply by pressing the button. There is also an auto alert personal help button, which alerts lifeline automatically if the subscriber falls. A lifeline "monitor" answers the call through the lifeline unit and they call the subscriber. After they determine what kind of help is needed, they call the subscriber's "responders", which are friends, neighbors, or relatives that can check on the subscriber, or if the subscriber needs more professional help the monitor will call for it immediately. The lifeline program helps people that would otherwise be unable to remain in their homes. It provides them with freedom and security to do so, while also putting their family at ease. Our program helps many people in wisconsin rapids and the surrounding area. This past year approximately 232 people benefited from the lifeline program that aspirus riverview hospital offers. Vulnerable p