A Word of HOPE

"HOPE’s job is to provide our patients with a healthcare home, a place of belonging, comfort and safety." - Jenny Dittes, CEO, HOPE Family Health

When good things happen, we like to celebrate and share our joy!  Recently HOPE Family Health celebrated our newest location, HOPE Gallatin, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new facility, located in Sumner Medical Plaza at 300 Steam Plant Road, Suite #210.

HOPE Gallatin opened its doors to community and government leaders in Gallatin and beyond, to hear HOPE’s story, learn about our services, and see firsthand the vision and sense of mission that makes HOPE so special. Thanks to a lot of hard work from a lot of folks, the happy event proved to be a great success for HOPE. Here are some highlights.

"The Tennessee Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program allows women with low incomes who are either uninsured or underinsured to receive the breast and cervical cancer screenings and diagnostic services that can save lives. ... At HOPE, we offer breast cancer and cervical cancer screenings at no cost to qualified patients."

Cancer. The “Big C.” Chances are, you or someone you love has received this frightening diagnosis and grappled with the aftermath.

Early detection is a significant factor that can contribute to surviving a cancer diagnosis. But many Tennesseans struggle to afford health insurance and out-of-pocket costs of the diagnostic screenings that enable early detection.

To recognize Cervical Cancer Prevention Week January 22nd-28th, 2024, we at HOPE Family Health want to remind those in our service area that HOPE is a proud participant in the Tennessee Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (TBCSP).

“The Pharmacy at HOPE is available to everyone, whether or not they are an established patient at HOPE."
 

The staff of the Pharmacy at HOPE honored our staff pharmacists this week in honor of National Pharmacist Day on Friday, January 12. The close-knit staff, which refers to itself as “the Pharmily,” used HOPE’s monthly staff appreciation time to give each pharmacist a gift bag and a Pharmacist’s Word Search Book.

The Pharmacy at HOPE opened in 2016 and has grown to ten staff members, consisting four pharmacists and six pharmacy technicians. It soon outgrew its original location in the building and moved across the lobby to a larger space. While HOPE patients enjoy the benefits of having pharmacy staff involved in their care plans, the Pharmacy at HOPE is available to everyone, whether or not they are established patients at HOPE.

Here are a few helpful things to know about The Pharmacy at HOPE.

“HOPE Gallatin officially became a reality on Monday, December 18th, 2023, when we opened our doors to our first patient."
 
HOPE Family Health has expanded to Gallatin!
 
After nearly two years of hoping, praying, and exploring options – and with the generous support of community partners including Highpoint Health-Gallatin and Sumner Regional Medical Center, the Memorial Foundation, and the Carolyn Smith Foundation – HOPE Gallatin officially became a reality on Monday, December 18th, 2023, when we opened our doors to our first patient.
 
HOPE Gallatin is now the proud occupant of Suite #210 of the Sumner Medical Plaza at 300 Steam Plant Road, adjacent and connected to Sumner Regional Medical Center. It’s hard to believe that after almost a year of working toward this goal, we finally made it a reality!

“ There’s an epidemic of hopelessness and people who don’t think their lives can get better. So our first job was to spark some hope that their lives could get better. And that’s why we called it HOPE."

ELF: How did you come up with the HOPE name?
JD: As a medical provider I recognized that before healing can take place you have to give somebody their hope back again. A lot of the people who come to us are very discouraged. They’ve tried and failed so many times, and for whatever reason, they have given up. And I almost think that in this area – and many rural areas I our country – there’s an epidemic of hopelessness and people who don’t think their lives can get better. So our first job was to spark some hope that their lives could get better. And that’s why we called it HOPE.
 
We just started out as a small nonprofit faith-based health care clinic. We were not under anyone’s umbrella; we did not get federal funding. We had an independent board of directors. We weren’t affiliated with any church or any larger entity. We were truly our own organization, with our own board. We started out with four employees: a receptionist, a nurse, myself and a nurse practitioner.

ELF: Can you share some of the directions of growth that you envision for HOPE?
JD: I don’t know how long this will take, and I don’t know the way we will get there yet, but some of things that I believe HOPE will provide eventually include access to specialty care. We have some incredible primary care providers, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and two physicians. Our providers give excellent care but there are times that we need to consult with a specialist.