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UVA medical student creates software to recruit more volunteers for clinics UVA medical student, Zuhayr Shaikh (Source: WVIR) By Rachel Hirschheimer | March 5, 2021 at 12:37 PM EST - Updated March 8 at 1:26 PM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The demand for help at free clinics has been on the rise since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, but one medical student at the University of Virginia is working to easily connect volunteers with them. “We’ve been working to just promote volunteers and free clinics for both in-person and teleservice,” UVA medical student Zuhayr Shaikh said. “One thing led to another. We’re thinking, ‘OK, what about dieticians? What about nurses? What about physicians?” ....
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Are you from the area or do you have any connections to Onslow County? What are some things you would like the people of Onslow to know about you on a personal level? I am a bit of an outdoor enthusiast, a terrible golfer, and married to an aspiring sommelier. I was born in Massachusetts, but we moved around quite a bit when I was growing up. Eventually, I settled down in Florida’s Tampa Bay area, where I met my wife, Krystal. This year will be our 10th wedding anniversary and mark 15 years together. We have been blessed to be able to travel, experience other cultures, and make friends all over the world. I earned my master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida. After spending 20 years in Florida, we moved to North Carolina to be closer to my immediate family. I was working for a professional events company at the time and became familiar with the staff at RDU. My wife’s company has an office in North R ....
Share: Alexandria, VA, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) presents the Fifth Annual Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Award for Health Equity to Dr. Maurice Lee, Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director of St. Vincent de Paul s Virginia G. Piper Medical & Dental Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. For decades, Free and Charitable Clinics and Pharmacies, their staff and their volunteers have been providing access to care and have been building a culture of health care equity for all individuals throughout the country, NAFC President and Chief Executive Officer Nicole Lamoureux said. It is Dr. Lee s passion for ensuring the uninsured are able to access affordable quality care that made him a perfect candidate for this award which highlights the successes of practitioners in changing systems that impact health outcomes among the medically underserved population. ....
Senior Editor CVS Health is aiming to increase access to flu vaccines in communities of need. The company is supporting a nearly $3 million commitment to increasing access to flu vaccines for underserved communities throughout the country. Through its Project Health initiative, CVS Health is contributing $2 million to the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics to help distribute flu vaccines to those who may otherwise not have access. Additionally, the company is working with Bank of America and General Motors to support increased access to flu vaccines in even more communities nationwide. Underserved communities have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19, so supporting flu prevention in these communities is even more important, said Eileen Howard Boone, senior vice president of corporate social responsibility and philanthropy, at CVS Health. Through our work with Free Clinics, and in teaming up with Bank of America and General Motors, we ....
If people can afford to buy insurance, or if they can pay their own way, then they either buy that insurance, but they no longer look to government to hand out free care. that, in my opinion, is conservatism. that s why the heritage foundation worked with us and was at the celebration of the signing. oh, brother. in romney s book, he said he had an epiphany about how to direct emergency room money to people who needed health insurance. that s part of the reason romney care actually worked. now mitt romney is saying, just leave it up to the emergency rooms, which he called socialism back in 2007. mitt romney, you know what he needs to do? he needs to debate himself. we deserve it. i m joined tonight by nicole lamaro, the director of free clinics. great to have you with us. you re out there doing great ....