HRSA-funded health centers across the nation have distinguished themselves in promoting public health and providing primary care services in underserved areas. The examples below are a snapshot of the exemplary work health centers have carried out across the country.
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Lāna’i Community Health Center engages in many outreach activities. Pictured is a gathering on Prince Kūhiō Day, an official state holiday celebrated annually on March 26 to honor the state’s history and culture. Read more in the Lāna’i Community Health Center story.
Some days the Lāna’i Community Health Center acts as medical clinic, a communications hub and a veritable travel agency all at once.
In the heart of San Antonio, CommuniCare Health Centers
are beacons of hope for those who have fled their homes in search of safety.
The Family Health Care Clinic, based in Pearl, Mississippi, recently decided to focus on a group of patients who had three simultaneous conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
With 60 years of service to its community, Covenant House Health in Philadelphia now sees third-generation patients from some families.
Pregnant moms tend to focus more on their unborn children than on their gums.
Successful programs using remote patient monitoring and remote physical exams are reducing barriers to care for New York’s hardest to reach patients.
New nurse practitioner (NP) graduates have few options for post-graduate training because post-grad residencies are a relatively new development in the field.
When Zufall Health officials in Dover, N.J., realized they would have to replace their aging mobile medical clinic last year, they had to contend with a possible $500,000 price tag for a new one.
Staff at Lamprey Health Care in Newmarket, N.H., know that persistence is key to reaching the local homeless population.
Most years, the news is bad. When government agencies compile annual data about new HIV infections, Miami is typically among the top three cities in America, and sometimes comes in at number one.