Health Care Volunteers and Disaster Response
March 11, 2010 | Journal Article
There are a number of simple steps potential health care volunteers can take now to ensure their skills can be utilized effectively in response to future disasters.
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Scholars, Alums from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Programs Heeded the Call for Help in Haiti after Earthquake
May 11, 2010 | Story
Scholars and alumni of the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development and Clinical Scholars programs donated medical services to victims of Haiti earthquake.
Reach Out: Physicians' Initiative to Expand Care to Underserved Americans
October 15, 2009 | Program Result Report
RWJF launched Reach Out: Physicians' Initiative to Expand Care to Underserved Americans in 1992.
To Put Retired MDs to Work, Limited Licenses, Insurance Subsidies Urged
November 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Southern Illinois University held a symposium to develop recommendations for actions and policy that will enable retired physicians to provide charity care in their communities, especially through house calls.
Volunteer Physicians Linked to Needy Patients in Asheville, N.C.
July 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
Project Access, which provides access to specialty and chronic health care for low-income uninsured people of Buncombe County, N.C., expanded its services from August 1994 through July 1998.
Ohio Volunteers Provide Health Care for Low-Income Patients
January 16, 2004 | Program Result Report
Reach Out of Montgomery Country, a non-profit corporation in Dayton, Ohio, provided free care for medically underserved low-income individuals, after hours, at two existing community health centers in Dayton.
A Network of Medical Volunteers Expands in South Carolina
January 16, 2004 | Program Result Report
Starting in August 1994, a managed network of volunteer medical providers called Commun-I-Care continued ongoing efforts to provide non-emergency health care to the uninsured poor in South Carolina.
Reach Out Projects Extend Outreach of Medical Care to West Virginians
January 16, 2004 | Program Result Report
The West Virginia University School of Medicine at Morgantown, W.Va., and three state-sanctioned "Health Right" free clinics developed a project entitled Reach Out: Physicians' Initiative to Expand Care to Underserved West Virginians.
Physicians' Outreach Project Expands Access to Specialty Care for Low-Income Patients in Tallahassee
January 31, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Capital Medical Society created the Physicians' Outreach Project, a collaborative, volunteer effort to extend the services of the society's We Care Network to three adjacent rural counties: Gadsden, Jefferson and Wakulla counties.
Helping the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Extend a Helping Hand in the U.S.
July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The US Schweitzer Fellows Programs, which enable medical, nursing, public health and social work students to volunteer their services in impoverished communities, increased the number of student participants and added three volunteer sites.