HealthReach Celebrates 20 years in Lake County

For 20 years, HealthReach has been serving the uninsured population in Lake County, IL.  In 2011, HealthReach had over 18,000 patient visits and filled over 28,000 prescriptions for the uninsured.  The healthcare safety net in Lake County has never been more necessary.  Of Lake County’s 703,462 residents, 12% are medically uninsured and 6% live in [...]

HealthReach Top 3 Finalist

The HealthReach Board of Directors is thrilled to announce that the volunteer physicians and dentists of HealthReach have been recognized by Congressman Robert Dold as “A Top Three Finalist” in his annual 10th Congressional District Leadership Award. He received hundreds of submitted nominations. The HealthReach Board submitted the nomination for our steadfast volunteer professionals. The [...]

Acute Care and Midlevel Practitioner Program

In January 2010, HealthReach opened its new Acute Care / Midlevel Practitioner program. This program is the result of direct patient feedback that HealthReach waiting times for sick call appointments were too long to be effective and that community access to acute care services for non emergency illness was extremely limited for uninsured persons with [...]

A Story of Hope: One Patient’s Perspective

HealthReach serves as a glimmer of hope for the uninsured and underinsured community living throughout Lake County. One patient shares her story about how HealthReach changed her life.
Vanessa is a registered nurse with a background in multiple medical specialties as well as teaching. At age 58 she suffers from severe glaucoma and diabetes. When both her [...]

Lake County “Blue Ribbon” Healthcare Committee

Lake County “Blue Ribbon” Healthcare Committee
HealthReach attended and participated in a recent meeting of the Lake County “Blue Ribbon” health care committee sponsored by Illinois State Senator Susan Garrett. At this meeting strategies were discussed regarding the delivery of health care to the medically underserved of Lake County. [...]

New Waukegan Eye Clinic

New Waukegan Eye Clinic – HealthReach officially opened its new Waukegan eye clinic for refraction examinations and prescription eye wear. This new facility provides increased access to comprehensive eye care for our patients. Prescription eye wear is obtained at very low cost by this program from the Illinois State [...]