Community Health Centers Focusing on Population-Based Care and Holistic Approaches
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
Transformation in U.S. health care delivery systems and associated quality measurements in the wake of reforms implemented by Affordable Care Act might be most impactful within community health centers (CHC). Many are shifting from an acute care, clinic-visit model toward more holistic, population-based care, according to the chief executive of a large health center caring for underserved populations in his keynote remarks to the annual conference of the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ).