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Geisinger becomes the first member of Risant Health

Education

ProvenWellness Neighborhood provides access to in-person and online education to help you gain self-confidence in your ability to better address the challenges of daily living as well as manage disease symptoms and optimize your health or the health of a loved one.

Online classes


Team Members

  • Christine Chase-Lamont, regional manager
  • Rogelio Brathwaite, field coordinator / social worker: Pike, Susquehanna and Wayne counties
  • Stephanie Gerkovich, community health assistant: Pike and Wayne counties
  • Rochelle McDonough, field coordinator / social worker: Lackawanna and Wyoming counties
  • Sarah Stavisky, community health assistant: Lackawanna County
  • Lisa Bender, community health assistant: Susquehanna and Wayne counties
  • Angela Phillips, community health assistant: Wyoming County
  • Renea Hammerman, field coordinator / social worker: All counties


Support

A number of foundations and agencies provide funding so that ProvenWellness Neighborhood services can be offered at no charge to community members.

These funders include:

  • The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
  • The Scranton Area Foundation
  • Cargill Foundation
  • Butz Corporation
  • Epic Corporation
  • Anonymous individuals

Participating agencies include:

  • American Red Cross
  • Care Net
  • Friends of the Poor
  • Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc.
  • Northeast Regional Cancer Institute
  • Scranton Primary Health Care Center
  • United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania
  • The Edward R. Leahy Jr. Center Clinic for the Uninsured at the University of Scranton
  • Marywood University
  • University of Scranton

View ProvenWellness Neighborhood Results

Total number of people participating in program (from May 2014 to May 2015): 3,873

Number of "care gaps" closed: 6,735

Number of patients per county through May 2015:

- Lackawanna (1,829) individuals

- Pike (820) individuals

- Susquehanna (280) individuals

- Wayne (681) individuals

- Wyoming (254) individuals

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