With the celebration of Nurses Week (May 6-12), we are eager to recognize and honor nurses who have impressed and inspired their co-workers throughout this past year.
Health Center Nurse Appreciation: Nurses Week 2022
Category: Health Center News
Agile Scrum Framework 101: Driving Change by Improving Process
by Camila Silva and Efe Omadevuae This post is the second in NACHC’s Innovation Blog Series. This series is hosted monthly by our Center for Community Health Innovation. If you are trying to implement a new idea or look at better ways to manage your existing work, you might utilize or consider several project management …
Mental Health First Aid: NACHC and Americares Award Training Scholarships
Through a partnership, NACHC is helping health centers to expand their support for communities’ mental well-being through training in “mental health first aid.”
Why Protecting 340B Matters
The 340B Drug Pricing Program makes it possible for Community Health Center patients to afford life-saving medications and is an an essential source of support for health centers to stretch increasingly scarce federal resources and reinvest in patient care. Over the course of the past few years, while health centers have been fighting COVID-19, the program …
Honoring the New Generation of Health Center Leaders: The Geiger-Gibson Awards
From a very competitive pool of applicants, 15 health center professionals were selected to receive the Geiger Gibson Emerging Leader Award.
NACHC Kicks Off Virtual Policy & Issues Forum
This week hundreds of health center leaders from around the country are gathering virtually to assess the health care policy landscape. Usually the NACHC P & I is an in-person conference that takes place in the nation’s capitol. This year, however, COVID had other plans. Still, this socially distanced conference has attracted a slate of …
Health Centers are Rooted in the Civil Rights Movement
Health centers sprang into existence more than five decades ago as part of a “ripple effect” from the Civil Rights Movement, writes Lathran Woodard.
Focusing on Care Teams’ Emotional Health and Healing
As our health care teams continue to push through this pandemic response, we must acknowledge and meet our provider teams where they are.
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 …
Introducing a New Model Protocol for Health Centers to Address Intimate Partner Violence and Exploitation
How can health centers make sure we are reaching the patients affected by IPV and exploitation?