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Physicians have a profound impact on our community's health. Your time spent with the Medical Society of Milwaukee County, shapes initiatives and programs that powerfully influence the health of our community, and changes lives
FIREARM INJURY PREVENTION RESOURCES The Medical Society of Milwaukee County (MSMC) is working to spotlight the devastating impact of firearm injuries on children. Through this work we hope that collective attention will be brought to this critical issue and help implement practices that will significantly reduce the incidence and impact of these tragedies in our community, including making a donation to the Children's Hospital Safe at Home Program. The Safe at Home Program helps provide gun safes to families at risk for gun violence, with the aim of decreasing firearm injuries. Please view the below links and articles to learn more about this issue and how you can help make a difference.
Resources from the American Academy of Pediatrics:
FIREARM INJURY PREVENTION POLICY MSMC board has endorse the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE) policies aimed to help prevent firearm injuries. These policies align with the Wisconsin Medical Society Policy Compendium and our commitment to community safety. They include: · Tax Incentives for Safe Storage · Background Checks on All Gun Sales · Gunshop Project: Suicide Prevention · Close the Domestic Violence Loophole |
Free & Community Clinic Collaborative
The Medical Society of Milwaukee County joins the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership in supporting the Free and Community Clinic Collaborative (FC3), a coalition of safety-net clinics, which strive to provide quality primary care, urgent care, and seamless navigation to affordable insurance for low-income, underinsured patients in Milwaukee County.
MSCW recognizes the importance of free and community clinics to the health of our Milwaukee County neighbors in need, and encourages primary care physicians, specialist physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other providers and community health care workers to volunteer.
In this new era of health care, we invite you to visit the FC3 website to see current volunteer opportunities, news updates from the FC3, videos of the clinics and their volunteers, and learn more about liability and volunteer criteria.
Specialty Access for the Uninsured Program (SAUP)
This program connects patients who have specialty health conditions with doctors trained to help them
How can you influence the well-being of your community through SAUP? Get more information here.
Social Development Commission
The Social Development Commission is a community action agency. Their mission is to empower Milwaukee County residents with the resources they need to move beyond poverty. For more information:
- CR-SDC Service Area Video: SDC Programs & Service - YouTube
- CR-SDC Website: https://www.cr-sdc.org/
Take Back My Meds MKE70% of opioid addictions start at home - very often from unused medicine that is left in medicine cabinets. The Medical Society of Milwaukee County is proud to be a part of this coalition dedicated to making it easier for Milwaukee County residents to combat the opioid crisis by safely disposing of unused prescription medicine at a growing network of secure drug take back locations |