What Is A Medical Home?

A medical home is a place that offers a variety of coordinated health services with the patient at the center. At Roots, we are continuously growing and expanding to meet the needs of our patients. We place our patients first, striving to provide friendly and professional customer service and excellent quality of care. Our role…

What Community Empowerment Means to Roots

Roots Community Health focuses on the health of its patients and the entire community. A healthy community requires access to basic services, economic vitality and community empowerment. When outsiders are the only entities providing and profiting from goods and services rendered to a neighborhood, the result is political and economic disempowerment, and a loss of…

Roots Now Enrolling for Medi-Cal, CalFRESH (food stamps) and Covered California!

Roots Community Health is a Certified Enrollment Entity through Covered CA. This means that we can sign up members of the community for insurance coverage no matter what their income. We are certified to enroll in Medi-Cal, as well as other insurance plans through “The Exchange”. Community based organizations, please contact us for more information…

Roots in the News: “Some Bay Area Immigrants Suffer Fallout of Ebola Epidemic”

Roots Community Health’s Dr. Noha Aboelata was quoted in a KQUED piece on Ebola’s impact in the Bay Area. Listen here, or read the article below! Some Bay Area Immigrants Suffer Fallout of Ebola Epidemic Bintou Diarra, a native of Mali, has seen her hair-braiding business decline since Ebola reached the United States this fall….

Roots in the News: “Nonprofit MedShare Repurposes Unused Medical Tools by Donating to Local Clinics”

Roots is proud to partner with Medshare to receive much-needed medical supplies. Learn more about how Medshare works in this article from Richmond Confidential, which includes quotes from Roots’ Dr. Noha Aboelata! Nonprofit MedShare repurposes unused medical tools by donating to local clinics A volunteer for the last five years, Marsha Felton boxes up supplies in…

Roots Health Center: Focused on Reducing Health Disparities in Oakland CA

Originally Posted on August 5, 2013 by aquil naji Oakland California community clinic The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists 10 top leading causes of death for African Americans, which is  highly recommended for all African Americans view, at least once, every six months. 8 out of the 10 causes of death were…

Affordably Care Act Benefits African American Seniors

Posted on May 10, 2013 by aquil naji The Roots Community Alliance Roots alliance Posted on: 9 May 2013 At Roots Community Health we provide many services for our community, such as Residence-Based Care, primary and urgent care, RapidCare, Mental Health Services, Physicals, and immigration exams. We provide these services and many many other services…