Cosponsors in the MTW Campaign include Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Federal partners include the Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health, the Health Care Financing Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA is the lead HHS agency for improving access to health care for individuals and families nationwide. The list of MTW winners and special honorees is attached. More than 1,800 health care professionals, pharmacists, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, labs and other providers donate their time and resources.
Patients can apply for the program with one toll-free phone call.
Nearly 3,000 patients from 41 counties are enrolled in the program. Working from three portable clinics, Hawaii Pacific University nurse practitioner faculty and students deliver services ranging from well baby and school physicals and immunizations to acute and chronic care. Outreach workers provide referrals and help clients apply for insurance programs. Since July 1998, patients have made about 1,800 visits to nurse practitioners. Like resulted in a quadrupling of immunizations, a doubling of physical examinations, and greater control of hypertension and diabetes.