Imperial Beach Health Center | IB Health Center | Imperial Beach Clinic

›› New IBHC Medical Clinic

The demand for health services by low-income and uninsured individuals in San Diego County exceeds the capacity of health care providers willing to treat them. Imperial Beach Health Center will be opening a second clinic in San Diego’s South Bay in order to increase access to health care for this population. Funding for this ambitious project will be accomplished through grants, loans and fundraising.

Program Needs

BEACH Kids is looking for items children can take home: pedometers, jump ropes, exercise balls, and children’s exercise videos.
Diabetes Care would like to purchase diabetic test strips for patients who would forgo testing due to cost.
IBHC’s Perinatal Care Team requests financial donations so they can assist new families in need.s
Diabetic Nutrition Counseling is available by appointment for adults and children.

Please call our Grants and Fundraising Department at (619) 429-3733 x 404 for further information.

The South region of San Diego County has:

A physician shortage
One of the highest total numbers of uninsured in the County
The highest hospital burden of underinsured (those without private insurance or Medi-Cal) patients in the county

Imperial Beach Health Center delivers high quality, cost-effective health care. The San Diego County Healthcare Safety Net Study, released in September 2006, identifies community clinics as a best practice for delivering health care to low income and underinsured individuals.

Imperial Beach Health Center helps reduce the burden on hospital emergency departments. 51.8% of all Emergency Department visits by underinsured patients in San Diego County are for conditions that could be treated by a community clinic, or could have been treated by a community clinic before they developed into true emergencies. Community health centers help reduce health care costs for hospitals and taxpayers.

The San Diego County Healthcare Safety Net Study forecasts that San Diego County will need to increase the number of community clinics by 24% by 2025.