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What is CVIM?
CVIM (Community Volunteers in Medicine) is a nonprofit health clinic which provides free health care and dental care for the uninsured working poor in Chester County.
CVIM Vision Statement
May we have eyes to see those who are rendered invisible and excluded,
May we have open arms and hearts to reach out and include them,
May our healing hands touch their lives with love,
And in the process heal ourselves.
CVIM Fast Facts
- CVIM logs more than 800 patient visits per month and cares for a multi-cultural, multi-lingual population.
- CVIM patients voluntarily contribute over $50,000 annually.
- CVIM has a team of 200 volunteers who give time and talent to care for their neighbors in need.
- In 2007, CVIM logged more than 26,000 total volunteer hours with more than 13,000 hours of licensed health care professional volunteer time equating to more than $650,000 in equivalent salaries.
- CVIM has a network of over 150 physicians in the community who provide specialty care in their offices at a reduced fee for consultations.
- CVIM’s dental program does an average of 35 extractions per month – many are emergency visits.
- More than 4,000 laboratory tests are performed annually for our patients.
- CVIM has the most successful smoking cessation program in the county with a 57% patient cessation rate.
- More than 25,000 prescriptions are dispensed annually. Through the patient assistance program, CVIM receives medications equivalent to $600,000 annually from 40 different pharmaceutical companies.
(Information courtesy of www.cvim.org) |
