Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital - Project COPE (Cancer Outreach Prevention Education) Screening

What is it?

Project COPE (Cancer Outreach Prevention Education) Screening provides a comprehensive approach to breast cancer education, screenings, diagnoses and treatments to underserved women. These women struggle financially; Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital (MWMH) provides the ability to obtain mammography and/or breast ultrasound, assistance with surgical consultations and treatment for breast cancer. The program provides a referral system to assist patients with cancer treatment and the establishment of a medical home utilizing the Project HOME and “Kentucky Pink Connection” for assistance in breast care. MWMH collaborates with area health departments to promote awareness, education and mammography screenings to underserved women in Appalachia Kentucky.

Who is it for?

Underserved women in the four counties Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital serves (Estill, Lee, Owsley and Powell).

Why do they do it?

The hospital’s service area has an estimated 2,000 uninsured women.

Impact

The program has screened approximately 24 percent of the 2,000 uninsured women.

Contact: Sharon Whitaker
Program Director
Telephone: 606-726-2178
E-mail: slwhitaker@marcumandwallace.org