MISSION OF MERCY INC

IN ADDITION TO DIRECT HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVIDED FREE TO PATIENTS, THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM AT OUR CLINICS CONNECTS PATIENTS WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, HELPING TO PROMOTE HEALTH LITERACY, DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION EDUCATION, NUTRITION AND EXERCISE. WE CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR PATIENTS NEEDS AS POSSIBLE/PRACTICAL. FOR EXAMPLE, ACTIVITIES DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 INCLUDE: MARYLAND/PENNSYLVANIA PROGRAM -DISTRIBUTED 76,711 POUNDS OF FRESH NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO 12,204 INDIVIDUALS AND 2,509 FAMILIES. -FREDERICK HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROVIDED ONSITE HIV TESTING. -FREDERICK HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROVIDED ONSITE OPIOID ABUSE EDUCATION AND DISPENSED NARCAN TO PATIENTS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO COMPLETED THE TRAINING -FREDERICK HOSPITAL PROVIDED ONSITE BONE DENSITY SCANNING. -CENTRO HISPANO PROVIDED RESOURCES FOR HISPANIC PATIENTS SUCH AS ENGLISH CLASSES, EDUCATION WORKSHOPS, COMPUTER CLASSES AND OTHER RESOURCES TO BENEFIT OUR HISPANIC PATIENTS. ARIZONA PROGRAM -MISSION OF MERCY'S ARIZONA MOBILE MEDICAL PROGRAM PROVIDED 11,141 FREE PATIENT VISITS AND DISPENSED 31,236 FREE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO LOW- INCOME, UNINSURED, AND UNDERINSURED ARIZONANS AT SIX ROTATING SITES ACROSS MARICOPA COUNTY. VISITS INCLUDED ONSITE SPECIALTY EXAMS AND TREATMENT FOR: VISION - 101; PODIATRY - 40; AND DERMATOLOGY - 24. -PROVIDED 1,000 DIABETES EDUCATION SESSIONS AT MULTIPLE CLINIC SITES FOR 347 PATIENTS; DISTRIBUTED 9,720 LBS OF FRESH PRODUCE FOR PATIENTS IMPACTED BY CHRONIC DISEASE AND FOOD INSECURITY. -PARTNERED WITH DIGNITY HEALTH AND ALBERTSONS-SAFEWAY PHARMACIES TO ADMINISTER IMMUNIZATIONS TO 216 PATIENTS TO PROTECT AGAINST INFLUENZA, COVID-19, SHINGLES, AND PNEUMONIA. -PARTNERED WITH AMERICARES AND ARIZONA DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES ON HEAT- SAFETY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS, AND DISTRIBUTED HEAT-RELIEF SUPPLIES SUCH AS MISTERS, HYDRATION PACKETS, COOLING TOWELS AND WATER TO OVER 300 PATIENTS. TEXAS PROGRAM -INCREASED OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT, INCLUDING GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED, PATIENT VISITS, DONORS, VOLUNTEERS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. -ESTABLISHED A 250,000 ENDOWMENT FUND TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY. -INCREASED HEALTHCARE VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT TO INCLUDE 50 MEDICAL CLINIC VOLUNTEERS, 8 VISION CLINIC VOLUNTEERS, 8 DENTAL CLINIC VOLUNTEERS, AND 2 MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC VOLUNTEERS. -SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED TO AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (EHR) SYSTEM DONATED BY ATHENAHEALTH, IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND CONTINUITY OF CARE. -STRENGTHENED ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS BY INCREASING PARTICIPATION FROM UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COMPLETING PRECEPTORSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, AND CLINICAL ROTATIONS, INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY, UT HEALTH-SAN ANTONIO, AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. -IMPLEMENTED COMMUNITY WELLNESS EVENTS IN GREGORY, TAFT, INGLESIDE, AND KINGSVILLE TO EXPAND ACCESS TO PREVENTIVE CARE AND HEALTH EDUCATION. -HELD THE 4TH ANNUAL OPERATION HEALTH & WELLNESS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP EVENT IN THE VISION CLINIC, PROVIDING FREE EYE EXAMS, PRESCRIPTION EYEWEAR, AND READER GLASSES TO PATIENTS.