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The article by Barnhill et al¹ on utilization of volunteer health care professionals for the care of the uninsured in Florida is both timely and important, particularly in the current economic climate.

I wish to report on a not-for-profit physician-sponsored organization of volunteer health care providers, HealthReach NY, operating in Queens, NY, and established in 1998. The program is community based and modeled after the Reach Out² programs sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the We Care program sponsored by the state of Florida. Both provide technical assistance and advice. The physicians are in full-time primary or specialty care private practice throughout the borough. A central administrative structure coordinates and monitors care. Access to care is through multiethnic community organizations that host on-site case managers sponsored by HealthReach NY. A computerized telehealth network provides direct linkage between community sites to a central data bank. Two major voluntary hospitals . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Improving Access to Care for the Underserved: State-Supported Volunteerism as a Successful Component
Kim E. Barnhill, Leslie M. Beitsch, and Robert G. Brooks
Arch Intern Med. 2001;161(18):2177-2181.
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