About the Organization
Based in San Francisco, our non-profit community health center offers comprehensive health care services to a variety of patients, a majority of whom are uninsured or low income. NEMS offers linguistically competent and culturally sensitive health care services in many languages and dialects, including English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Toishan, Vietnamese, Burmese, Korean, Spanish, and Hindi.
NEMS operates 23 clinics and service delivery sites across three counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, with the main clinic located at 1520 Stockton Street in the Chinatown/North Beach neighborhoods of San Francisco; 11 additional clinics in San Franciscos Chinatown, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Richmond districts, and Sunset districts; as well as clinics in Daly City and San Jose.
The unique multilingual and culturally sensitive direct service staff allows patients to adequately express themselves in a familiar environment to increase the relevancy and excellence of care they receive. Health education programs and health promotion, which bridge the gap between Western and Asian medical practices, are available at the clinic and through social media. The programs address preventative health care education and practices as they relate to the cultural needs of the community.
About the Community
We are located in the San Francisco Bay Area. World class dinning, close to Napa Valley wineries, culturally diverse, access to parks, beaches, and natural setting all within easy access, San Francisco and its surrounding cities are alive with actives, art, music and cultural festivals. You can shop at one of the major retail designers or at an independent, one of kind maker boutique. Just the views and vista that offer the tranquility we all need sometime are amazing. There is truly something for everyone here.
Our main clinic is located on the border of Chinatown and Little Italy. This is a bustling part of San Francisco with an abundance of shopping and restaurants. We are in the heart of the community we serve where many of our patients live and work in Chinatown and for them, NEMS has been a part of their families' health care needs since 1971.