- “The Affordable Care Act, Medical Homes and Childhood Asthma: A Key Opportunity for Progress” (December 2010)
December 2, 2010
Co-authors of the report titled “The Affordable Care Act, Medical Homes and Childhood Asthma: A Key Opportunity for Progress,” supported by the RCHN Community Health Foundation and Merck Childhood Asthma Network (MCAN), present report findings and address how the medical home model facilitates comprehensive, patient-centered care by fostering partnerships among and between patients and their …
- Childhood Asthma Policy Video Chosen for 7th Annual APHA Film Festival
November 9, 2010
The video based on the March 2010 report Changing p02licy: The Elements for Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes supported by Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN) and RCHN CHF and authored by researchers at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, will be screened during the American Public Health Association’s Film & …
- New WEBINAR – TUESDAY OCTOBER 12, 3:00 p.m. Eastern.
October 12, 2010
This webcast will feature Dr. Peter Shin, lead author of the report MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS: ADDRESSING THE UNMET LEGAL NEEDS OF HEALTH CENTER PATIENTS recently released by the Geiger-Gibson/ RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative.
- Medical-Legal Partnerships: Addressing The Unmet Legal Needs Of Health Center Patients (October 2010)
October 12, 2010
Community health centers’ comprehensive approach to health care and high proportion of low-income patients make them an excellent entry point for access to essential legal services, and health center MLPs can also benefit the viability of the centers. (October 12, 2010)
- National Health Center Week (Aug. 8-14)
August 8, 2010
National Health Center Week (Aug. 8-14) gives us an opportunity to recognize the significant contributions of our nation’s community health centers, and the role they play in providing high quality primary care to millions of people, in urban and rural neighborhoods across the county.
- RECORDING AVAILABLE: Thursday August 5, 2010 WEBINAR
August 5, 2010
This webcast will feature Dr. Leighton Ku, lead author of the report “Strengthening Primary Care to Bend the Cost Curve: The Expansion of Community Health Centers Through Health Reform,” recently released by the Geiger-Gibson/ RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative.
- “Strengthening Primary Care to Bend the Cost Curve: The Expansion of Community Health Centers Through Health Reform” (August 2010)
August 5, 2010
Leighton Ku, Ph.D., M.P.H – Professor and Director, Center for Health Policy Research in the Department of Health Policy GW School of Public Health and Health Services. (August 5, 2010)
- RCHN Community Health Foundation launches webinar series focused on community health centers NEW DATE
July 6, 2010
The inaugural session of RCHN CHF’s new live webinar series launches on TUESDAY JULY 6, 3:00 p.m. Eastern, featuring Dr. Jack Geiger and Professor Sara Rosenbaum.
- “Health Care Reform and Primary Care – The Growing Importance of the Community Health Center” (July 2010)
July 6, 2010
Inaugural session of the RCHN CHF webcast series, featuring Dr. H. Jack Geiger, founding father of the community health movement, and Sara Rosenbaum, J.D. (July 6, 2010)
- RCHN Community Health Foundation’s Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer to Moderate Expert Roundtable on Rural and Underserved HIT Issues
May 24, 2010
RCHN Community Health Foundation’s executive vice president/chief operating officer Feygele Jacobs will serve as moderator for an expert roundtable lunch discussion entitled, HITECH: Strategies for Delivering on the Promise to Rural and Underserved Communities.