Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
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The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center is a medical facility in the
to provide the highest quality care for persons and families affected by infectious diseases, with respect, dignity and compassion, without regard to the ability to pay; to ensure a patient-centered and consumer-guided environment; and to seek to better understand and to prevent these diseases through education and research.
Design and Language Access
The center was designed with the involvement of "clients and providers". Its design could be seen as
To address language access needs of diverse-linguistic populations, the center designated a Bilingual Clinic staffed with Spanish-speaking physicians and medical staff for Spanish-speaking consumers. An in-house Spanish language interpreter is staffed to assist limited English proficient consumers at the facility. Interpreter services through telephonic and video remote interpreting are available for the deaf or hard of hearing, and spoken languages of lesser diffusion.
Education
As well as carrying out its duties to the community, the center provides medical tutoring about
Care
The center focuses on social care, primary care and special care:
Social Care
This involves subjects such as
Primary Care
Primary Care at the CORE Center involves screening for
Special Care
A wide range of special care is provided:
- Aerosolized pentamidine
- Bone marrow aspiration
- Bronchoscopy
- Chemotherapy
- Colposcopy
- Diagnosticlaboratory
- Endoscopy
- fibroscanGastroenterology/Hepatology
- Gynecology
- Hematology
- Infectious disease consultations
- Infusion and observation
- Neurology
- Nutrition
- Obstetrics
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Pain Management
- Pharmaceuticalcare
Research
Clinical studies
The CORE center performs some clinical studies into
Survey and Observational
Surveys and observational studies are carried out to investigate the effects of diseases. As with the clinical studies, the participants must first meet requirements set by the center.