Organization: UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION INC
Mission: PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND RELIABLE UROLOGIC HEALTH INFORMATION TO PATIENTS AND THE PUBLIC.
Activities: PATIENT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - THE UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION IS A TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR UROLOGIC PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIALS BECAUSE OUR INFORMATION IS MEDICALLY APPROVED AND BASED ON THE CLINICAL GUIDELINES SET BY THE AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. OUR FOUNDATION DEVELOPS ALL PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIALS WITH OUR PATIENT EDUCATION COUNCIL AND SIX PATIENT EDUCATION COMMITTEES. WE HAVE MORE THAN 150 PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIALS, RANGING FROM SIMPLE FACT SHEETS TO DETAILED PATIENT GUIDES TO INFORMATIVE VIDEOS AND PODCASTS. MATERIALS ARE OFFERED IN 6 LANGUAGES, INCLUDING ENGLISH, SPANISH, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE, PUNJABI AND HINDI. ALL OF OUR EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS MAY BE DOWNLOADED OR ORDERED FROM OUR WEBSITE WWW.UROLOGYHEALTH.ORG FOR FREE, SO OUR RESOURCES CAN BE EASILY ACCESSED BY PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ANY UROLOGIC CONDITION. WE STRIVE FOR ALL OF OUR MATERIALS TO BE AT AN EIGHTH GRADE READING LEVEL TO ENSURE THE INFORMATION IS EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTANDABLE FOR OUR MANY PATIENTS, INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS. OUR 2019 LIBRARY OF RESOURCES EXPANDED TO OFFER 400 PATIENT EDUCATION COLLATERAL PIECES AND WAS SHARED WITH OVER 6.5M VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE, 130K FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH 188K DOWNLOADS AND ORDERS OF MATERIALS.
RESEARCH -THE UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION IS A DRIVING FORCE IN THE DISCOVERY OF NEW TREATMENTS BECAUSE WE SUPPORT THE INVESTMENT IN UROLOGIC RESEARCH LEADERS. WE DO MORE THAN FUND THE BEST RESEARCH FROM TALENTED SCIENTISTS - WE HELP FOSTER AND DEVELOP THEIR CAREERS TO SUPPORT A LONG-LASTING COMMITMENT TO FINDING THE NEXT BREAKTHROUGH IN PATIENT CARE. SINCE 1975, THE FOUNDATION HAS SUPPORTED MORE THAN 750 OUTSTANDING YOUNG SCIENTISTS WITH NEARLY $30 MILLION IN RESEARCH FUNDING DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF UROLOGIC CONDITIONS. DURING 2019, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING TO 35 UROLOGIC RESEARCHERS THROUGH ITS RESEARCH AWARD PROGRAMS.
NTEE category: Medical Research
Secondary category: Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines