REMOTE AREA MEDICAL: Stop the suffering in Appalachia
Many, many thanks to DUer Earth_First for bringing our attention to this organization! If you believe you can help in any way, either by a donation or by voluteering, please visit this website: http://www.ramusa.org/
Information on their work in Appalachia may be found farther down in this post. For a calendar of clinics to be held, please see http://www.ramusa.org/#!clinics/cx5d
About Remote Area Medical: GOALS
Serve Humanity
We believe that we are responsible to one another as a part of humanity. We exist to bring about positive change in our world. We embrace our role to help prevent and alleviate suffering and to enhance quality of life for those we serve.
Empower Communities
We empower, inspire, and lead communities to serve those in need in their own backyard. We are committed to equipping communities to work together to confront healthcare problems in their area.
Generate a People Movement
We are strengthened by the dedication of compassionate volunteers - they are our heroes. We are driven by people who want to bring needed change to communities. Remote Area Medical® provides those people with the perfect opportunity to witness community transformation. This generates a people movement made up of dynamic and caring people seeking to change their world.
Provide Free Quality Services
Remote Area Medical is committed to providing all of our services and support at no charge to the patients. Our standard of service combines high quality healthcare with compassion and cooperation from our supporters, investors and practitioners.
REMOTE AREA MEDICAL: STOP THE SUFFERING IN APPALACHIA
Link: http://www.ramusa.org/#!stop-suffering/cjf8
The Problem of Healthcare Access in the Appalachian Region
Families all across our nation are having a very difficult time in life. Can you imagine what the poorest families are suffering through? The poorest area of our nation is Appalachia. We want all the poverty stricken children and their families in the Appalachian “Distressed Corridor” Region to have free quality healthcare access in 2014-2016. Today, 42% of those living in that region are in rural areas, compared with 20% of the national population. This is already problematic to the quality of life for those living in these impoverished communities and will only grow worse if we fail to act.
If we ignore this problem, we may miss critical opportunities to stop the needless suffering of those living without help. RAM will provide clinic events, mobilize our partners and use our stellar abilities to offer free preventive, dental, and visual care services required to help improve the quality of life of those in these under-served and impoverished areas during this initiative.
The Goal
Our goal is to provide free quality healthcare access through the “Stop the Suffering” Appalachia Initiative so that at least 90% of those living in the “Distressed Corridor” during 2014 – 2016 will be in driving distance of a RAM clinic event.
RAM intends to use the Initiative as a gateway to establish RAM Affiliates based in Appalachian States to provide ongoing services and healthcare access beyond 2016.
The Expected Results and Measurable Impact
The “Distressed” counties represent approximately 1,200,000 people. Our patient estimate, based on those in urgent need of healthcare access, is projected to be 15% of that population or 180,000 people.
This estimate is based on the present underemployment and unemployment rates in those counties.
Dates: September 2014 – December 2016
States Served: TN, KY, NC, VA, WV, OH and MS
Number of Patients Estimated: 180,000 in over 180 clinics
Services Provided: 270,000 Patient Encounters
Value of Care: $90,000,000 (Based on 2013 data/$500+ average value of care per person)
Partners: Over 200 Community Organizations and 13,500 healthcare professionals and general volunteers
Cost: $5 million dollars - $28 per patient
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