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SozoRock HealthAn initiative of The SozoRock Foundation

The Health Equity Initiative

Health literacy, digital readiness and preparation for provider-led care—in libraries, communities and homes.

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Proposed: Library Health Equity Hub

Health literacy and digital support through local libraries.

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A proposed library-based model for health information, digital skills and preparation to use provider-led services. Local partners would agree the space, connectivity, privacy and staff responsibilities.

Proposed: Community Health Equity Hub

Health education and digital support through community organizations.

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A proposed community-based model combining local health information, digital support and preparation for provider-led services. Activities would reflect local needs, partner capacity and available services.

Proposed: Home Health Equity Hub

Help preparing to use provider platforms from home.

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A proposed home-based model for people who need support using devices, connectivity or provider platforms. It does not establish a home-care or home-health clinical service.

Proposed partner models. Local implementation depends on agreed responsibilities, available services and delivery capacity. Clinical care remains with licensed providers.

Proposed: Health Access Day

A proposed community format for health education and health literacy, with locally agreed activities and follow-up.

Provider partnerships

Bring Your Own Platform keeps clinical systems, records, consent and medical decisions with the provider. SozoRock supports nonclinical readiness and coordination.

County health data

Place Intelligence is public county data on health, community and workforce conditions. CB-CAP is a county planning workspace that links that evidence to access planning.

Albany County, New York

County FIPS 36001 · 2023 estimates · 2025 release
5.5%Adults aged 18–64 without health insurance95% confidence interval: 4.2–7.0%
7.2%Lack of reliable transportation95% confidence interval: 6.1–8.5%
12.2%Food insecurity95% confidence interval: 9.9–15.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, 2025 release. Model-based crude prevalence estimates for 2023. Insurance covers adults aged 18–64; other measures cover adults aged 18 or older. County estimates describe community conditions, not SozoRock results or an individual’s needs. CDC dataset · Albany source data

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Primary Care Access Program

Beginning January 2027, the Foundation will sponsor 12 months of primary care support for up to 25 New Yorkers, one per household. Participants are 64 or younger, have financial need and live with a chronic condition such as diabetes or high blood pressure, in any of New York's 62 counties.

Each participant receives a sponsored direct primary care membership with Dr. Michael Purcell and Purcell Integrative Osteopathic Care, a direct primary care practice in Clifton Park, plus ongoing telehealth, help with transportation and health access education.

Starting with up to 25 keeps the first cohort small enough to show where the pathway works, where it fails and what should change before expansion.

Part of the SozoRock Health Equity Initiative. Clinical care remains with the licensed provider. Membership is not health insurance.

$4,320 supports one New Yorker for a full year.

The Fireside and the Working Roundtable: a planned series on rural health transformation, measured locally. Dates, locations and participants will appear when confirmed.

Roundtables and briefings

Digital readiness and workforce development.

Devices, connectivity and skills

Practical preparation to use available services. Voice, text and touch options need consent, accessible alternatives and clear handling of personal information.

Local workforce

Collaborate with educators, employers and community institutions on the skills and capacity a place needs. Training, credentials and licensure stay with the responsible institutions.

Research and applied learning

Connect health-access planning with REBS, RRG and HSA research, the SozoRock AI Lab and recurring graduate cybersecurity projects.

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