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
Category: Health Care News
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.
CDC Launches New Dental Infection Prevention & Control Training
CDC has released a great learning resource, “Foundations: Building the Safest Dental Visit,” a free online, self-paced training.
Health Centers and Primary Care Associations Receive Historic Navigator Funding Awards
The federal government has awarded grants to 17 Primary Care Associations and Community Health Centers to help educate and enroll people in health coverage through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
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.
Eviction Moratorium Set to Expire
The surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19 could not come at a worse time. A federal moratorium on evictions that’s been in place as a public health measure expires this weekend (July 31) renewing concerns about how to keep people safe in their homes and out of crowded or congregate settings that could facilitate …
40 Years of Progress: It’s Time to End the HIV Epidemic
We need to work to end HIV stigma and disrupt systems that divide people based on identities or HIV status. Innovative approaches, such as public-private partnerships, telemedicine, and telehealth can help us reach our goals.
Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring During and After Pregnancy
Owning their own blood-pressure cuff in these formative years could set a woman on a path toward lifelong awareness and monitoring of her blood pressure.
Community Health Center Doctors on COVID-19, Health Equity and Vaccines
A new video shows Community Health Center physicians describing how they pivoted their operations quickly to respond to COVID-19 and underscores the importance of protecting yourself, family and friends by getting vaccinated.
Building Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccines
Transparency about the COVID-19 vaccine – its safety, development, efficacy, and side effects will be critical to building this confidence among providers and other health center staff.