Morton’s mission is to provide quality-focused, cost-effective, and family-based health services with dignity and respect to all people without regard to finances, culture or lifestyle and to provide information and support to promote participation in health care decisions. The Morton Midtown Homeless Health Center, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is housed in the Salvation Army building. It serves the primary health care and basic dental needs of Tulsa’s homeless population at no charge.

Services

Services at the clinic include: primary health care services including blood pressure monitoring, physical exams, diabetes testing and education, TB screening and education, HIV/AIDS and STD testing and referrals for specialty care.  Dental care includes evaluations, extractions and education.  In addition, Morton provides free transportation to and from appointments as well as to the Main Health Center for additional services such as behavioral health, pharmacy, health/nutrition education, laboratory, radiology, mammography, WIC, etc.

Linkages

Morton Comprehensive Health Services has linkages with Salvation Army Shelter–Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, Family & Children Services, John 3:16 Mission, Tulsa Emergency Shelter, Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless, and Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS).

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 1266

Patients served: 974