vRad’s First Read Initiative helps bring cancer screening to underserved areas

(EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.) Oct. 20, 2021 – The First Read Initiative (FRI), through the hard work and donations of vRad Radiologists, has partnered with RAD-AID to support the RAD-AID USA Women’s Health Access Initiative. First Read Initiative was founded in 2018 by a vRad radiologist determined to build bridges that give more patients access to life-saving diagnostic tools and insights. FRI’s donations will be helping to provide free 3D mammograms at the selected underserved RAD-AID sites throughout the US and to fund patient navigators and educational materials on breast/cervical cancer screening. 

RAD-AID USA Women’s Health Access Initiative is an expanding project that helps women in underserved areas throughout the country gain access to breast and cervical cancer screening. RAD-AID has joined forces with Hologic Project Health Equality (PHE), The Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health in this important life-saving mission to improve access to care for women of all races.