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What You Need To Know

  • A Louisville doctor is taking a page from the past, to meet the current needs of her patients

  • Dr. Giavonne Rondo checks up on her patients at home or their place of work

  • She launched GobileMD, a mobile health clinic

  • Republic Bank helped launch Dr. Rondo’s mobile clinic mission

But a Louisville doctor is taking a page from the past, to meet the current needs of her patients.

Most of the week, Dr. Giavonne Rondo checks up on her patients.

“What I’m going to have you do is relax and let your arm fall,” Dr. Rondo said while she checked on a patient.

Her office is physically in Indiana, but she goes to wherever her patients are.

“A lot of times people don’t want to come to the doctor or they feel very uncomfortable coming to a doctor’s office,” Dr. Rondo said, as she explains people’s habits. “And where do you feel most comfortable? Most people feel most comfortable in their homes.”

She usually sees about five patients a week—most of them in west Louisville—while managing her other weekly patient load of at least 50 at her office.

“Portions of west Louisville are very industrialized. There’s a lot of factories, there’s a lot of pollutants, and that does play a role when it comes to your blood pressure and just your overall health,” Dr. Rondo said.

She’s practiced internal medicine for over 20 years.

“My old practice is that I’d be given maybe, maybe 10 or 12, maybe up to 15 minutes to see people and I try to pack in as much as I possibly could because I may not be able to see them again for months,” Dr. Rondo said.

What she’s realized is that’s not enough time.

“Most health care is not going to occur in the doctor’s office, it’s not going to occur in the hospital. Most of true health care is going to occur at home,” Dr. Rondo said.

So she started GobileMD, a mobile health clinic.

“Being allowed into someone’s home really allows me to see much more fully and much more holistically what’s going on with them and how I can help them, how I can help them and to partner with them to reach their health care goals,” Dr. Rondo said.

This helps her gain a full perspective of her patients that she normally may not get in an office visit.

Republic Bank helped launch Dr. Rondo’s mobile clinic mission.

The bank established a Community Loan Fund to ensure economic equality for everyone, especially in underserved communities.

The aim of the fund is to create jobs in communities affected by inequity and inadequate access to capital.

“We recognize that in our communities there is inadequate access to resources,” said Wende Cosby, a business development manager at Republic Bank. “So we want to make sure we’re able to touch startup businesses and existing businesses that need the extra financial support to help bridge that gap.”

Dr. Rondo said she’s able to give back to the community with the help of the loan and, along the way, ease disparities that exist in health care outcomes.