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Iowa Legal Aid Health and Law Project

9943 Hickman Road #105
Urbandale, IA  50322

Contact

Michelle Hoyt Swanstrom, Esq.

Iowa Legal Aid Health and Law Project Snapshot

Healthcare Partner Institutions

  • Alegent Health System (Council Bluffs)
  • Broadlawns Medical Center (Des Moines)
  • Community Health Center of Fort Dodge (Fort Dodge)
  • Council Bluffs Community Health Center, Inc. (Council Bluffs)
  • Crescent Community Health Center (Dubuque)
  • Methodist Health System (Council Bluffs)
  • Polk County Health Department (Des Moines)
  • Primary Health Care, Inc. (Urbandale)
  • River Hills Community Health Center, Inc. (Ottumwa)
  • Siouxland Community Health Center, Inc. (Sioux City)

Legal Partner Institutions

  • Iowa Legal Aid (Des Moines)

Partnership News

MLP Subject of Second AHRQ innovations Profile

Friday, June 25, 2010

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published a second Innovation Profile on MLP, focusing on the Iowa Legal Aid Health and Law Project and its service delivery to patient-clients in rural areas.

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Cooperative Venture Between Medicine and Law Shows Promise of Curing the Body and Mind

Thursday, January 1, 2009

When Iowa Legal Aid’s Health and Law Project was conceived several years ago, the authors had several goals in mind: 1. Improve the lives of low-income Iowans by addressing the underlying legal problems that are affecting their health status...

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Partnership Patient-Cient Stories

Maxine Riche -- Council Bluffs, IA
For 35 years, Maxine Riche guided nursing home patients through their daily routines of getting up, getting dressed, eating and bathing. It was tough work, but she kept going even as her own health deteriorated... Read story >

Partnership Resources

Prescription Pad Referral Sheets -- Iowa Legal Aid Health and the Law Project
February 26, 2009 - 12:25pm
Prescription pad referral sheets medical providers can use to refer patient-clients to the legal team of a medical-legal partnership. These forms were developed by Iowa Legal Aid Health and the Law Project.
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