Our Services
Medical Care
Hope Clinic provides free primary medical care, laboratory testing, referrals to specialists for treatment and/or diagnostic testing. Patients can see one of our doctors with a scheduled appointment for basic medical care, medications, and chronic disease management. Appointments can be made at our main office in Bayboro or at one of our 5 Mobile Outreach locations,
Mobile Clinic Outreach
Our Mobile Outreach program began in the fall of 2022 and we are now rotating the clinic at five sites, bringing supplies and staff and volunteers to host churches or community centers once a quarter. In 2023 we visited Reelsboro, Oriental, Arapahoe, Aurora, and New Bern a total of 21 times, performing 171 medical visits.
This has allowed our patients with transportation issues to be able to come to the mobile clinics. Preliminary data from the Duke Global Health Institute Student Research Team showed that in 2023 and early 2024 patients with hypertension showed a 58% improvement in blood pressure management!
Prescription Medications & Medical Supplies
Patient medications are FREE and filled each Thursday at Hope Clinic with a qualifying prescription. We also supply medical supplies to manage chronic illnesses.
*We are not able to prescribe or fill prescriptions for controlled substances such as Oxycodone, Tramadol, Vicodin, Ultram, Xanax, or others.
Workplace Outreach Wellness (WOW) Program
We are now able to serve a larger lower-income population which mostly work in our service industries who can’t afford subsidized plans or have insurances with catastrophic deductibles. One challenge in recruiting those who work is often they don’t slow down to seek out a doctor or medical help until they are very ill. Another challenge is a sense of pride in asking for ‘charity’. This leads to a delay in receiving health care, which can cause severe health issues, multiple visits to the emergency room, and work absenteeism.
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We are reaching out to local small businesses to promote coming to their site or using one of our established mobile outreach locations to perform initial patient visits for those workers in need of healthcare coverage. With their visits we can focus on preventive care services as well as chronic disease management to prevent unneeded
Emergency Room visits while improving their overall
wellness.
New Beginnings
Substance Use Treatment
and Recovery Support
Our New Beginnings program was once a stand-alone clinic, but we have integrated that clinic into our medical practice. We work to treat the whole body of our patients and see substance use as another disease. Our case manager, who is an alcohol and substance use counselor, has been instrumental is making patients with substance use disorder aware of the resources to sobriety.
We do not use Suboxone or methadone and do not have a detox program here but we can guide you to local detox facilities that will help, regardless of financial status.
Email us here if you are interested in learning more or need substance use support. We are here for you. Other local substance abuse help and information and detox programs can be found on our Patient Resources page.