Services

Services

The following therapeutic modalities will be utilized to provide holistic healthcare:

• Routine screening exams and wellness checks

• Education in all age groups in preventative medicine and self-care

• Pharmaceutical drugs

• Immunizations

• Minor clinic procedures

• Nutritional/Lifestyle counseling: diet, supplementation and exercise

• Acupuncture: Traditional Chinese Medicine to stimulate healing

• Homeopathic Medicine: safely treating disease states with minute dosing

• Botanical Medicine: using herbs as treatment

• Manipulation: adjusting misaligned joints and muscles

• Hydrotherapy: using hot and cold applications of water

Process

An initial team of medical healthcare providers will be assembled consisting of allopathic physicians (MD), naturopathic physicians (ND), osteopathic physicians (DO). In addition to physicians, other services will be provided by a variety of healthcare providers including: nurses, medical assistants, acupuncturists, and healthcare students.

Individual providers will spend blocks of time providing healthcare, training and education to the community. A primary physician will act as team leader, for duration of one to two years. Other volunteer healthcare providers and students will be accepted and pay a fee to help cover operational costs.

NAOP-International will facilitate the transitions of these individuals and provide basic cultural awareness education. Facilities and lodging will be maintained for the healthcare worker teams.

Educational activities will include multiple health related topics. Community classes will be held on topics of preventative health care, sanitation and disease transmission. Example topics include: hand washing, personal hygiene, and pregnancy prevention. These classes will be developed in a format to allow local instructors to transition into the role of educating the community. The organization also plans to develop study abroad practicums for college students.

Success

Upon implementation, multiple metrics will be measured at startup, quarterly and annually. A six month interim and annual report will be available.

• patient population growth at the clinic

• increasing follow-up visit percentages

• percent improvement in medical conditions (subjective 1-10 rating scale for patient improvement, objective physician 1-10 rating scale in patients’ condition)

• number of local healthcare workers participating

• feedback and communication with the local ministry of health (quarterly feedback surveys)

• Initial epidemiology statistics for the start-up country will be set as the baseline and followed

• number of students enrolled

• number of volunteers

• number of healthcare workers participating in the organization

• website traffic

• meeting/exceeding fundraising goals as initially budgeted in federal 501(c)3 application

After an initial assessment period of one to two years and demonstrated successfulness this clinic will serve as a model for development of satellite clinics in other countries of need.