7% of New York State (NYS) adults have been told by a doctor that they have had a heart attack, angina, and/or stroke. Coronary heart disease is the number one killer in NYS, and congestive heart failure is one of the fastest-growing subgroups of CVD. St. Philip Neri Medical Institute builts a facility for a pay free assessment, consultation, and education about proper self-management of cardiovascular and pain increasing diseases. for underserved/uninsured people in Nyack, NY.
7% of New York State (NYS) adults have been told by a doctor that they have had a heart attack, angina, and/or stroke. Coronary heart disease is the number one killer in NYS and congestive heart failure is one of the fastest-growing subgroups of CVD. Heart disease is the leading cause of death among residents of our county. We perform education about self-management of chronic diseases and via our partners free pay outpatient clinic for underserved and uninsured people from New York state.
Hearts for New Yorkers is a project to give an opportunity for underserved people living in New York state to go for free lipid panel tests, free examination by physicians and recommendations from healthcare professionals how to effectively apply self-management of cardiovascular risk in their lives and decrease the cardiovascular risk of death. The project is designed to pay a test for 100 risky uninsured New Yorkers and buy an ECG machine for a free pay clinic.
Our activities are not focused on individual one-time examination, but we try to equip our partner clinics and make them suitable to perform modern tests and investigation for free for all underserved people coming from New York State. We keep in close contact with all participants and coach them to keep engaged and apply all the recommendations in their daily routine.
