Fast Facts
Since its inception in 1998, CVIM has served more than 10,000 men, women and children annually, and logged more than 55,000 patient visits.
CVIM logs more than 900 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 2006, 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 $560,000 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 112 patients successfully completing the program.
More than 25,000 prescriptions are dispensed annually. Through the pharmacy assistance program, CVIM receives medications equivalent to $600,000 annually from 40 different pharmaceutical companies.
A total of $.84 of every dollar donated goes directly to patient care.
CVIM serves as a statewide and national model that has already been replicated in Bucks and Centre Counties. CVIM is one of 50 Volunteers in Medicine facilities now operating in 17 states.
In 2001, CVIM moved from its 3,750 sq. ft. facility in Frazer to its 8,000 sq. ft. facility in West Chester where every zip code in the county is represented.
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