One-Stop-Shop Healthcare: All the Services in One Place
At Peoples Community Health Clinic we know your time is valuable and we want to make getting the healthcare you need as easy as possible. Our One-Stop-Shop philosophy means we do our best to make sure everything you need for an appointment is right here - in the same building.
LABORATORY
Precision in Diagnostics
We offer efficient laboratory services for comprehensive diagnostic needs. With a team of skilled professionals, our laboratory services provide timely and accurate test results for various health assessments.
If your doctor asks for a blood test for diagnostic purposes, our lab is in the same building, on the first floor. This convenient access also means that tests can be run quickly with results often showing up in your MyChart app within 24 hours.
X-RAY
Services for Comprehensive Medical Diagnoses
People's Community Health offers efficient X-ray services for diagnostic imaging needs right in our building. Our X-ray services provide timely and detailed images for a variety of medical evaluations. This ensures quick accessibility of images to your care team so that they can make better decisions and recommendations about your care.
PHARMACY
Accessible Medication Solutions
People's Community Health provides pharmacy services for convenient medication access to People’s Community Health Clinic’s patients at our Waterloo location. Staffed by knowledgeable professionals, our pharmacy ensures timely prescription fulfillment and offers guidance on medications.
Pharmacy staff and the leadership at Peoples Clinic are committed to keeping medication prices low and affordable. Our pharmacy offers many generic options along with discounted medications. We can help patients find solutions to better afford their medication costs including working within our Sliding Fee scale (link), providing co-pay assistance, and by working directly with local and county agencies. In addiiton, we honor Iowa SafeNetRx which can provide discounts for certain medications.
MED DROP Box: Dispose of your Medication Properly
Have you ever wondered what you should do with your old or unused medication? When medications are no longer needed it is important to dispose of them properly to avoid harm to others. By disposing of them in a safe manner, you can prevent the abuse of prescription drugs and protect Iowa's water supply.
THE BEST OPTION: Dispose of Medications in a Drop Box
Peoples Clinic has a MED DROP Box in our main lobby at the Waterloo location right next to the Pharmacy. You can dispose of unused, expired medications including prescription drugs, over the counter medications, patches, creams, and liquids that still have a leak-proof cap. Medications deposited in these boxes will be sorted and destroyed properly.
A GOOD OPTION: Toss it in the Trash
When it is not possible to take it to a drop box location, the U.S. food and Drug Administration recommends carefully discarding your medications as follows: (1) follow patient instructions; (2) remove medicines from original containers (do not crush tablets or capsules), mix with used coffee grounds, dirt, kitty litter or another undesirable substance, place the mixture in a sealed bag or can to avoid leakage; and (3) place in the trash for regular collection. Most importantly, before throwing out your empty pill bottle or other empty medication packaging, remember to scratch out all information on the prescription label to make it unreadable.
For safety to the public and the environment, the Iowa Pharmacy Association does not encourage flushing of medications down the toilet except as a last-resort option. A few medications have specific disposal instructions to prevent accidental ingestion by children, pets, or others. The labels of your medications should indicate when they cannot be disposed of through a medication take-back program and instead should be flushed down the sink or toilet when no longer needed. Please contact your local pharmacist to learn more.
**When in doubt about the proper disposal of medicines, ask one of our pharmacists.**