By Megan Chung, NACHC Intern National Health Center Week begins August 12th and it is an annual, nationwide celebration with the goal of raising awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s Health Centers over the past five decades. We hope advocates, providers, staff, and patients will enjoy health centers’ rightly-deserved spotlight, and demonstrate their …
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Good Health is a Community Affair
Happy National Minority Health Month! The theme for #NMHM18, Partnering for Health Equity, highlights partnerships that help reduce health disparities. As innovators in the health system, Community Health Centers often partner with local and national organizations to ensure patients have a clear pathway to health care. These collaborations foster programs that address important health issues …
Rising to the Challenge of Fighting a Nationwide Addiction Epidemic
Too often we hear about the ravages of substance abuse disorders, such as opioid addiction, and not enough about the innovations in health care to treat it — not as a problem but as a chronic illness that requires a thoughtful treatment strategy. Drug overdose deaths and opioid-related deaths are on the rise. On average, …
Community Health Centers: Fighting Health Inequality Everyday
Today many across the country will remember the enduring legacy of Civil Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They will celebrate all he stood for through acts of kindness and service. Many will remember the lines of his “I Have a Dream” from the 1963 March on Washington. And many today in the health care community are …
It’s National Rural Health Day!
It’s National Rural Health Day and for Community Health Centers, that’s something to celebrate. Nearly half (44 percent) of health centers are in rural communities, serving 8.5 million patients. The work that health centers do in rural communities defies the conventional wisdom that innovation and good ideas only happen in urban civilization. The Community Health Center …
The NACHC 2017 CHI Draws to a Close
The NACHC 2017 Community Health Institute and EXPO is winding down in sunny San Diego. Despite a late night at the Uncorked and Uncapped Live party, education sessions started early at 8:30 am. Attendees hastily finished their fill-in-the-blank poster scavenger hunt forms to win prizes. And, speaking of the poster sessions, there were over 70 poster presentations, …
Update from the 2017 NACHC CHI in San Diego
Today’s General Session at the NACHC 2017 CHI and EXPO gave attendees a much needed dose of spiritual and musical nourishment. Internationally known graffiti artist and author Erik Wahl gave a special presentation that challenged health center leaders to live a new normal of disruption (referring to himself as a disruptive strategist). Wahl uses a multimedia experience to drive home his …
The 2017 NACHC Community Health Institute & EXPO is Underway!
The NACHC 2017 Community Health Institute and EXPO kicked off yesterday in San Diego and so far it’s been a whirlwind of activity. The EXPO hall is open for business and already the crowds are meandering along the endless aisles of vendor booths. Scores of attendees have arrived to participate in committee meetings, pre-conference trainings, and …
Calling All Young Professionals!
The excitement is building for the Young Professional Leadership Exchange Track at this year’s Community Health Institute (CHI)! With less than three weeks to go, the CHI is gearing up to be a well-attended conference in beautiful San Diego – home of the Padres and a very famous line from Anchorman. This year’s Young Professional programming …
Health Center Leaders Honored at Agricultural Worker Health Conference
The NACHC 2017 Agricultural Worker Health Conference is underway in Savannah, GA. Migrant heath centers currently serve nearly 1 million of the estimated 4 million agricultural workers in the country, and they are on course to boost up that number to 2 million patients served by year 2020. Today the focus of the conference was on the health …