RALEIGH — The Alliance Medical Ministry is a long-time partner of the North Carolina Medical Society Foundation. It is celebrating some highlights of the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
Take a look:
- 2,149 unique patients served with 10,818 total patient encounters
- 5,850 visits with AMM primary care providers
- 1,749 mental/spiritual health and social work sessions with AMM staff
- 335 new patients served
- 107 on-site mammograms through UNC-REX Mobile Mammography Bus
- 492 specialty care visits on-site with volunteer providers —cardiology, women’s care, endocrinology, psychiatry, physical therapy, orthopedics, and wound care
- 402 COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed
- $5.35 million ($445,833 monthly) in prescription medications dispensed via patient assistance programs and Filling in Gaps of Wake County (FIGS)
- 234 volunteers donated 5,273 hours to AMM, engaging with patients, supporting our staff, and lending a hand in the AMM Community Farm
- 1,965 lbs (13,772 servings) of fresh produce grown and dispensed to patients from the AMM Community Farm
The Alliance also saw longtime staff physician and leader, Dr. Sheryl Joyner, retire. In her honor the wellness program has been renamed the Dr. Sheryl Joyner Healthy Steps Program.
Congratulations to all the Alliance members and Dr. Joyner.