accomplishments
Since 2008, we have . . .
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Provided access to healthcare for nearly 20,000 uninsured patients over nearly 50,000 visits during the last 15 years of operations.
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Raised nearly $3M to support of our work from individual donors, local and national companies, and through contracted work for state agencies.
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Engaged more than 100 volunteer providers in the altruistic work of providing healthcare for the uninsured in RI.
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Provided staff members with healthcare benefits and a path to promotion within our organization.
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Engaged over 1,000 volunteers in supporting the clinic's mission through volunteer work.
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Trained more than 160 community members for healthcare jobs including medical assistants and community healthcare workers.
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Served as a training site for local advanced healthcare professional schools as well as nursing programs.
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Developed novel interventions such as Vida Sana and CHEER clinic.
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Published over a dozen papers on our novel interventions in medical journals, with medical and pharmacy or premed student co-authorship.
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Supported the career development of over 160 community members through the Advanced Navegante Training program.
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Assisted more than 5,000 patients with routine cancer screens including colon, breast, and cervical cancer.
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Provided more than 30,000 vaccinations to reduce the incidence of COVID-19, flu, and pneumonia in our community
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Won awards for “Volunteer Engagement” and “Best Non Profit” from local organizations.
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Performed over 7,000 COVID-19 tests since the onset of the pandemic in 2020.
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Administered nearly 20,000 COVID-19 vaccines to our patients and Providence community members.
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Provided almost 1,000 courses of Paxlovid to COVID-19 positive individuals.​
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Vaccinated over 520 individuals at vaccine clinics in the community as part of the VAMOS! Adelante project.
Our clinic has a measurable impact . . .
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We rigorously document the impact of our healthcare innovations and interventions, and we measure the return on funding investment.
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The CHEER walk-in clinic provides an estimated $69 per dollar invested in terms of “QALY” (Quality adjusted life years, a standardized measure of healthcare impact). The CHEER clinic also saves RI nearly $500,000 in ER costs per year.
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The overarching program called “Bridging the [Health Equity] Gap” has enrolled 1,500 individuals in our ‘partnership’ since 2016 and, with their permission, we are tracking the impact of our clinic on their health. The first results of this intervention were published in the local RI Journal of Medicine, Nov 2018.
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The BTG program is in its 3rd year, and we hope to turn this into a “Pay for Success” Project - an innovative, sustainable source of funding for non-profits.
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Our Vida Sana program returns health dividends! Enrolled patients improve their health metrics.