Maliheh Free Clinic

Service Learning
Volunteer Project
Clinton Valerio
HLTH 1110
Anna West
Spring 2018
Maliheh Free Clinic

• The Maliheh Free Clinic is a non-

profit organization that provides
medical and health services to the
Greater Salt Lake Area.
• Currently there are 70 volunteer
medical providers and over 400
volunteers that donate their time
to help the community.
• As of 2017, the total number of Photo courtesy of malihehfreeclinic.org
patient visits has reached 173,506.
Maliheh Free Clinic’s History

• Khosrow B. Semnani, the founding

benefactor of the clinic named it
Maliheh after his grandmother.
• The clinic first opened in 2005 with
one doctor, one nurse, and one
interpreter.
• Maliheh’s Core Values:
• Hope
• Respect
• Fairness
• Compassion
• Professionalism

“Angels Surround Us” mural at Maliheh Clinic

Healthcare Services
• All patients who receive
services from the Maliheh Free
Clinic are uninsured and have a
household income under 150%
of Federal Poverty Level.
• All of the patients that I came
in contact with had tremendous
Photo courtesy of malihehfreeclinic.org
amounts of gratitude for the
clinic. One patient told me that
without Maliheh’s help, he
would not be here right now
because he was not able to
afford traditional healthcare.
Persons in 2018 Poverty Guidelines
family/household
1 $12,140/year
2 $16,460/year
3
$20,780/year
4 $25,100/year
5 $29,420/year
6 $33,740/year
7 $38,060/year
Information provided by U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines
Volunteer Office

• This is where the volunteers met

before every shift. Tammy Garfield,
the volunteer coordinator, would go
over the itinerary for the day.
• This is where we got our jobs for
the day. Jobs ranged from scanning
medical records, working the front
desk, sorting through medications,
and/or cleaning bathrooms.
• There are checks on the walls of
the office showing some of the
donation amounts given to the
clinic. Maliheh Free Clinic operates
entirely on private donations.
Patient Assistance Program

• Most of my time at Maliheh Free

Clinic was spent in Patient
Assistance Program.
• The goal of this office is to help
patients apply for and get
medication from pharmaceutical
companies, free of charge.
• All medications are sent to the
clinic and then a call is placed to
the patient for pick-up.
Medical Records Room

• The clinic is moving to a new building

this summer and they are switching over
to a new electronic medical record
system. This room is full of old medical
records that needed to be scanned into
the computer system and then shredded.
• I spent a full 4 hour shift scanning
medical records. And although it was not
the most stimulating task, it needed to
be done. Doing little tasks helps with the
bigger picture.
Front Desk

• 90% of patients who are seen at the

Maliheh Free Clinic speak another
language. (Most are Spanish
speakers)
• These two ladies work the night
shift from 4-8:30 and speak Spanish
and Tongan.
• There is always a translator on sight
for interpretive services.

Stephanie and Mele – Receptionists

Clinic - Patient Rooms

• Services that the Maliheh

Free Clinic provides to
patients:
• Adult Family Medicine
• Pediatric Care
• Assistance obtaining
medications
• Immunizations
• Lab services/tests
• Radiological procedures
• Dental Services
• Diabetes Specialty Clinic
Maliheh Free Clinic in the News

• Maliheh Free Clinic ready to expand, remodel

• By: Jamshid Ghazi Askar, Deseret News
• https://www.deseretnews.com/article/700127836/Maliheh-Free-Clinic-
ready-to-expand-remodel.html

• “Mammobile” offers free mammograms for National Mammography

Day
• By: Ali Monsen, Good 4 Utah
• http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/mammobile-offers-free-
mammograms-for-national-mammography-day/597855552