Funds raised by this effort will support the work of the Medical Foundation of Nashville towards public health education, coordinated charity care, and education for physicians and physicians-in-training.
With the support of our generous donors, partners, and volunteers, in the last year, Project Access Nashville Specialty Care facilitated access to specialty healthcare for 717 low-income, uninsured patients through 18,665 staff connections. This work resulted in 1,923 medical visits valued in excess of $3.7 million. For one patient in particular, the work of our program reached past his immediate healthcare access needs. This past April, during a routine check-in call with a 61-year-old eye cancer patient, he shared he did not have enough food, nor stable transportation or a steady income. Our staff quickly contacted organizations in an effort to arrange for donated grocery delivery. Unfortunately, these programs were at capacity already. Determined to see this patient’s basic needs met, our staff were able to locate an emergency food box, which was delivered by our staff to the patient’s home. For several months, our staff picked up groceries from the food pantry and delivered them to the patient. Each time, he met us with gratitude for our assistance. In July, he qualified for Social Security Disability and health insurance, at which point he rolled off our program because of his new health insurance. Because of his participation in PANSC, this patient not only had access to healthcare for his eye cancer, but also had support and help for his food insecurity needs as well until he was able to secure insurance and income. This story is the impact our staff made on one patient, just one of the 717 patients who saw a volunteer physician specialist in the last year through Project Access.
Please join us in making a tax-deductible gift of $100 or more to support the work of the Foundation and have your name included on the 2021 Bicentennial New Year’s card. All who participate with a gift of $100 or more will be listed by name on our momentous New Year’s card, which will be sent out to all members of the Nashville Academy of Medicine and area healthcare leaders.
Additionally, all donors will be listed alphabetically on our annual report, regardless of the size of the gift. As always, 100% of your donation is tax deductible.
Thank you in advance for your participation,
