About Us Mission Our
mission is to provide free high-quality preventive and health maintenance services
to uninsured and under-served families and individuals in an effort to foster
the health of the community of Rochester, NY while promoting the spirit of education,
social justice, and collaboration. Benefits
for the Community Benefits
for Students Benefits
for Hospitals |
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Who are we? We
are medical students from the University of Rochester who saw an increasing need
for medical service for the uninsured population in the Rochester area, and who
also had a desire, as medical students, to help this significant patient population. | |
Benefits to uninsured members
of the Rochester community
Improved access to health care through: - Proximity
- our intended location is in a medically underserved community
- Affordability
- free health services including referral to appropriate medical providers
- Convenience - off-peak hours (evenings) to allow
working individuals and families greater flexibility in scheduling appointments
- Education - explanation of (and referral
to) appropriate social service agencies
Insurance
in Monroe County, NY
- 8% of adults
were without health insurance in 2000
- 31%
of people in Monroe County with incomes at or below the poverty level were uninsured
- 67% of our uninsured are gainfully
employed
Benefits to URSMD students
- Opportunity for hands-on medical education
and knowledge application of principles and skills learned throughout the medical
curriculum
- Improved awareness of the insurance
disparity as a public problem
- Opportunity
to apply human faces to the staggering numbers of uninsured persons
- Opportunity
to appreciate the importance of cost effective medical decisions and treatment
plans
- Exposure to an inner-city primary
care health center
- Inspire future physicians
to consider entering a career with significant attention to the care of medically
underserved populations
- Provide a unique
and important outlet to students seeking an opportunity for direct medical service
to an underserved population
- Maintain medical
student interest in social justice, primary care, and the underserved
- Exposure to the financial and human management of
medical services
Benefits to the University
Hospital and other community hospitals
- Coincides with the University of Rochester
Medical School's goal of providing a comprehensive physician education by providing
a uniqe health center and service-oriented experience
- Provides
exposure to urban primay care, an area of medicine in much need of aspiring young
physicians
- Potential decrease in the number
of inappropriate ED visits via more appropriate triage of medical problems
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