While access to quality and affordable health care services is a serious
concern for many Oklahomans, American Indians in Oklahoma face even greater
challenges.
Since 1974, the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic has worked diligently to increase
access to quality health care and wellness services and produce positive
outcomes for urban Indians living in central Oklahoma. Our services reach more
than 18,000 patients from more than 220 federally recognized tribes annually.
Of those patients served, nearly 25 percent are under the age of 18.
Where our clinic
fails to meet the needs of our patients is in our pharmacy. Construction of a
new pharmacy is desperately needed. In 2012, the OKCIC pharmacy staff filled
more than 200,000 prescriptions in a 900-square-foot workplace with very little
storage or space for one-on-one patient consultations.
THE
OKCIC CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IS A $2 MILLION ENDEAVOR THAT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A
NEW 4,000-SQUARE-FOOT PHARMACY that will be
constructed directly west of the Corrine Halfmoon Medical Building, giving our
pharmacy staff the capacity to fill more than 700,000 prescriptions a year,
hold educational seminars and provide confidential patient consultation.
Additionally, the new pharmacy will include drive-through operations that will
add convenience and help us provide better patient care.
While the clinic
receives the majority of its operating funding as a contractor for Indian
Health Service, funding to complete this campaign will come from our community.
We hope you will help us create a larger community of wellness and care for
urban Indians in Central Oklahoma.
Central
Oklahoma American Indian Health Council, Inc. dba Oklahoma City Indian Clinic
is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation
