With approximately 35.6% of all Community Health Center patients struggling with diabetes, here are some useful resources available for health centers.
National Diabetes Month: New Prevention and Oral Health Resources
Author: NACHC Staff
Hope, Health, and Healing: Health Center Serves the Unique Needs of Native Americans in the Twin Cities
The United States has a legal obligation to provide health care to Native Americans. Yet, the Native American community faces significant health status and health care inequities when compared to other U.S. populations. Native Americans born today have a life expectancy that is 4.4 years less than the overall U.S. population, and they die at …
NACHC’s Quality Center: Leading Change with Virtual Care
fronting the challenges of a global pandemic and the need for innovative virtual models of care, NACHC is delivering solutions through the Quality Center.
Hill Update: What Health Centers Need to Know
Two key House Committees took action earlier this week on the legislation that significantly boosts investments for health centers as part of the broader $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act. This is the administration’s social infrastructure plan that we’ve been reading about. NACHC’s Public Policy and Research division is actively monitoring and providing feedback to policymakers …
Highlights from 2021 CHI and EXPO
Taking place 18 months into a national public health emergency, the 2021 hybrid Community Health Institute (CHI) & EXPO gave participants an opportunity to connect with each other, reflect on lessons we’re learning during the pandemic, and ways to improve operations and enhance care going forward. Keynote Speaker Michael C. Bush explained that building a truly …
Day One of CHI: Passing the Gavel
In addition to offering rich educational opportunities, CHI is the annual meeting where we elect officers, assess the work of the past year, and look to the future.
Growing Our Own: A New Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Program
A new physician assistant program provides another opportunity for A. T. Still University to ally with NACHC to train healers from health center communities.
Where to Go for Staff and System Upgrades to Address LGBTQIA+ Health Concerns
The idea of a welcoming health practice that can address the specific needs of LGBTQIA+ patients seems simple enough, but in reality, it requires a deep level of knowledge and skill. Ask yourself: If a patient comes to your health center asking for an HIV prevention plan with prophylaxis, are your clinicians trained to respond? …
Vaccinating Hundreds in Denver’s Homeless Community
This multi-prong and high-touch vaccination strategy is proving to be very effective and getting hundreds of people who are homeless, or at-risk for homelessness, vaccinated.
Expanding the COVID Workforce Through Integration of Pharmacy Teams
Photo credit: Holyoke Health Center Pharmacy vaccinates Holyoke public school staff. Clinical pharmacists at community health centers were involved in immunization efforts long before the COVID-19 pandemic, making them well-positioned to become leaders in initiatives to comprehensively protect the public from COVID-19. In response to the pandemic and the emergency need to increase the COVID-19 …