Clinical Care

NACHC currently partners with Primary Care Associations (PCAs), Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs), health centers, and other organizations to address key clinical issues facing health centers. Recent projects have been supported by the Health Resources & Services Administration’s Bureau of Primary Health Care, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DentaQuest Foundation, A.T. Still University, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the Denver Health and Hospital Authority.

In the past year, NACHC has invested over $8.2 million In clinical projects in the health center field, worked with 152 different community health centers in 38 states and with 23 different PCAs and HCCNs. Investing in information technology and quality improvement infrastructure at health centers remains a high priority.

NACHC’s clinical projects are guided by internal and external subject experts and currently include pilot models, proofs of concept, prototypes, and learning communities.