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Somos Amigos Medical Missions

aka Somos Amigos   |   Rancho Mirage, CA   |  www.somosamigos.org

Mission

OUR MISSION:
• In partnership with the community of Naranjito, we commit to delivering unparalleled quality and reliable healthcare to isolated mountain communities in the Dominican Republic.

OUR VISION:
• To stand in solidarity with those who struggle, to bring healing and hope to as many patients as possible and with ever-increasing levels of care.
• To be a model of partnership and cooperation, to show what is possible when friends and colleagues work together in the service of others.

OUR VALUES:
• Respect
• Dignity
• Justice
• Compassion
• Excellence

Ruling year info

2001

Executive Director and President

Mr. Frank Brightwell

Main address

71250 N Thunderbird Terrace

Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 USA

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EIN

77-0553014

NTEE code info

Hospitals and Primary Medical Care Facilities (E20)

Public Health Program (E70)

Services to Promote the Independence of Specific Populations (P80)

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Isolated people with limited resources do not have access to quality or reliable healthcare. That is the problem we strive to address.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Primary care medical and dental facility

Somos Amigos volunteers provide quality and reliable healthcare to patients at our primary care facility.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of patient visits

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Primary care medical and dental facility

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

These are the numbers of unique patient contacts (consultations by our physicians and dentists). 2020 - 2021 - 2022 figures reflect impact of covid on services.

Number of people tested for HIV

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Primary care medical and dental facility

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

Numbers of patients counseled and tested for HIV.

Number of individuals who are receiving timely health/dental exams

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Primary care medical and dental facility

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

These are numbers of patients treated by our dental teams. 2021 and 2022 numbers were severely impacted by pandemic-related limitations.

Number of children having a medical home

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth

Related Program

Primary care medical and dental facility

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

These are the numbers of pediatric patients treated by our healthcare providers. Note that our statistics reflect 16 years and younger. 2020 - 2021 - 2022 figures reflect pandemic-related limitations.

Number of practicing medical doctors

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Primary care medical and dental facility

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

Numbers of physicians treating patients. 2020 - 2022 figures reflect pandemic-related limitations.

Number of women counseled about Pap tests

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Women and girls

Related Program

Primary care medical and dental facility

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

The numbers reflect the actual number of Pap tests administered; counseling is given to all women as appropriate. 2020 - 2022 figures reflect pandemic-related limitations.

Diabetic patients in Insulin Outreach Program

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Primary care medical and dental facility

Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Patients in our insulin outreach program receive regular monitoring and receive all of their supplies and insulin at no cost. They see our physicians quarterly and consult with specialists annually.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We strive to deliver quality medical and dental care to an unserved population, and we strive to deliver that care with humility, dignity and compassion.

Our volunteer caregivers and the other volunteers who support the caregivers deliver our care with humility, dignity and compassion. We staff our clinic periodically throughout the year with volunteer physicians, dentists, nurses, hygienists, and others. During the pandemic we have partnered with local providers so that we could maintain our continuity of care for our patients. We work in close partnership with our host community and pubic health officials.

We have patient records for nearly 5000 patients and have been providing care for nearly twenty-five years. Our facility is well-equipped and well-stocked, and our providers are respected, active, experienced practitioners.

We continue to ask ourselves how we can serve more patients, and how we can continue to raise the level of care we offer. We would like to reach more isolated communities. We would like to supplement some of our on-site diagnostic capabilities. We would like to expand our education, prevention and outreach programs. We would like to staff our clinic periodically when we are not present, to allow us to monitor certain patients.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.
  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Somos Amigos Medical Missions

Board of directors
as of 02/06/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Dr. James McCann


Board co-chair

Sheila Cullen

Patricia Prince

Secretary

Frank Brightwell

Executive Director

James Noonan

Treasurer

Dr. Michael Keegan

Board Member

Sheila Cullen

Board Member

Dr. James McCann

Board Member

Dr. James Hudson

Board Member

Amy Daubert

Board Member

Dr. Helen Jackson

Board Member

Russell Dyer

Board Member

Laura Watkins

Board Member

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No