Health Beats: August 11, 2010
August 11, 2010 | Steph
Beats this week – National Health Center Week Edition:
1) Happy National Health Center Week! What are you doing to celebrate health centers and all their accomplishments? Take a look at what some folks are doing around the country to commemorate this week.
2) Have you been following National Association for Community Health Center’s (NACHC) Health Center Week video competition? Well, if you haven’t then you should! It is a great way to find out about health centers across the country – even Hawaii!
3) This week has seen a great deal of news about community health centers – all good of course! NACHC recently released a report entitled, Community Health Centers Lead the Primary Care Revolution, which outlines the various ways that community health centers are best positioned to provide accessible, affordable high quality health care to those newly insured by health care reform. It is a great read!
4) Building on this sentiment, the Center for American Progress released a paper on the impact that community health centers have on underserved communities, specifically declaring that community health centers help to revitalize communities by creating economic benefits and high-quality care.
5) Finally, National Health Center Week kicked off with a bang on Friday when HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, announced the availability of Health Center New Access Point grant applications. This new opportunity for health centers will help fund approximately 350 new service delivery sites.
