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SozoRock® HealthAn initiative of The SozoRock Foundation

Care. For every ZIP Code.

Close the distance between people and care.

We turn trusted local places into doors to care, backed by local evidence and secure digital health.

A health access guide and a resident review care options on a tablet in a library

The problem

New York State’s shortage areas meet only about a third of their primary care need.

Care can be nearby and still out of reach because of cost, distance, technology or trust.

United States46.75%
New York State35.42%
Share of primary care need met in designated shortage areas. HRSA, September 30, 2026.

Our insight

Libraries, community centers and homes reach the people clinics often miss.

We equip those places to remove the barriers, and we measure what changes.

Map of United States counties with New York State highlighted

Understand · Place Intelligence

See every barrier in a county before you act.

Free public data on health, community and workforce conditions, with every source and date.

Connect · Health Equity Initiative

Open a door to care where people already go.

Health Equity Hubs in libraries, community centers and homes, Health Access Day, and the Primary Care Access Program: a sponsored year of care for up to 25 New Yorkers from January 2027.

A community helper shows an older resident how to use a health app
Health Systems Assurance Series, Volume 1 cover

Protect · Digital readiness and assurance

Make digital health safe enough to trust.

Practical readiness, cybersecurity and evidence for the platforms patients and providers rely on.

Progress

From listening to care.

  1. September 2025

    Western New York roundtable put rural access gaps on the record.

  2. 2025

    Rural Equity Blueprint, Volume 1, sets out the hub models.

  3. 2026

    Place Intelligence opens county evidence to the public.

  4. January 2027

    The first Primary Care Access Program cohort begins.

For funders and partners

$108,000 gives up to 25 people a year of care.

Built for where health funding is going: rural care coordination, the health workforce and digital access. Sponsors receive reports at months 3, 6, 9 and 12.

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SozoRock® Health is an initiative of The SozoRock Foundation, Inc. Clinical care remains with licensed providers.