April 5, 2016

True health opens satellite office at health department in sanford

Contact: Tiffani McDaniel, Public Information Officer
Media Desk: 407-665-3374 (office) and 321-200-7805 (cell)

Sanford, Fla. – On Monday, May 2, 2016, True Health will open a satellite office at the Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole), located on 400 West Airport Boulevard, Sanford, Florida. True Health, a private, non-profit 501 (c)(3) community health center, has served low-income, uninsured, underinsured, and underserved populations in Central Florida since 1977. This organization operates eight service delivery locations within Orange and Seminole Counties, which includes five neighborhood health centers, one Express walk-in center and two school-based health centers.

“We welcome True Health to our facility,” said Dr. Swannie Jett, Health Officer for DOH-Seminole. “True Health’s satellite office will extend services to impoverished communities in Seminole County.”

True Health provides services in areas throughout Central Florida, which are Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designated as medically underserved populations and health professional shortage areas. Furthermore, it is recognized as a patient-centered medical home with full accreditation by Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC).

“True Health is excited to partner with DOH-Seminole to provide high quality, comprehensive healthcare at a reasonable cost to everyone,” said Latrice Stewart, Chief Executive Officer for True Health.

Annually serving over 40,000 unduplicated patients with over 101,000 encounters this Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) provides multiple services throughout their centers. Some of those services include adult and pediatric family practice, obstetrics and gynecology, behavioral health, dentistry, podiatry, pharmacy, laboratory, X-ray services and referral for secondary services.