- Healthcare IT News: Twelve NYC health centers participate in medical home/MU project
September 20, 2010
A two-year initiative launched by the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) and the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS) aims at helping New York City’s community health centers meet meaningful use and medical home standards for care.
- Healthcare Informatics: NY Foundation Launches Initiative for Medical Home/Meaningful Use
September 20, 2010
The Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) (New York City) and the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS) recently launched the “Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) / Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology (HIT) Learning Collaborative.”
- Grantmakers in Health Bulletin: Surveys, Studies & Publications
August 23, 2010
RCHN Community Health Foundation (New York, NY) announced the release of Strengthening Primary Care to Bend the Cost Curve: The Expansion of Community Health Centers Through Health Reform.
- The Modesto Bee: Community care centers will shepherd health reform
August 10, 2010
In this opinion piece, Michael O. Sullivan, the CEO of Golden Valley Health Centers in California, discusses the key role community health centers play in achieving the cost savings projected in the health care reform legislation.
- Greater Dade City Chamber of Commerce website: Health Centers Will Save Billions Under Health Care Reform Act, Says Study
July 13, 2010
Susan Hutson, director of marketing and development for Premier Community Healthcare Group, Inc. in Dade City, Fla., posted a blog regarding the Collaborative’s policy research brief, “Strengthening Primary Care to Bend the Cost Curve: The Expansion of Community Health Centers Through Health Reform.”
- Hill Panel and HIT Showcase
June 23, 2010
Writing in Federal Telemedicine News , Carolyn Bloch reports on the Congressional Luncheon program coordinated by HIMSS and the Institute for e-Health Policy during the HIT Showcase and Demonstration, held on June 17th as part of National Health IT Week in Washington D.C..
- Huffington Post: Childhood Asthma and Environmental Health
May 20, 2010
In this blog, Floyd Malveaux, MD, PhD, executive director of the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN), focuses on the need for sound public health principles to improve the lives of children and others with asthma.
- Grantmakers in Health Bulletin: Surveys, Studies & Publications
May 17, 2010
RCHN Community Health Foundation (New York, NY) released Medical-Legal Partnerships: Addressing the Unmet Legal Needs of Health Center Patients.
- ASPH Friday Letter: Up to 85 Percent of Health Center Users Experience Unmet Legal Needs
May 7, 2010
Each year, between 50 and 85 percent of health center patients — or between ten and seventeen million people — experience unmet legal needs, many of which negatively impact their health, according to a new study from the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at The George Washington (GW) University School of Public Health …
- Health Reform GPS: RCHN CHF executive offers expert commentary on impact of reform on community health centers
May 5, 2010
Health Reform GPS asked RCHN Community Health Foundation’s executive vice president/chief operating officer Feygele Jacobs to comment on how the implementation of health reform will impact community health centers.
- Healthcare Finance News: Article highlights Collaborative’s study on the benefits of medical-legal partnerships
May 5, 2010
In this article in Healthcare Finance News, editor Richard Pizzi discusses the latest Collaborative report, Medical-Legal Partnerships: Addressing the Unmet Legal Needs of Health Center Patients.
- Grantmakers in Health Bulletin: Surveys, Studies & Publications
March 22, 2010
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (Washington, DC) announced the results of a study on improving childhood asthma.
- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland): Stimulus funds for community health centers help people and local economy
March 2, 2010
An article by Joan Mazzolini cites the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative report The Economic Stimulus: Gauging the Early Effects of ARRA Funding on Health Centers and Medically Underserved Populations and Communities in her discussion of the economic impact of stimulus funds invested in Ohio’s community health centers.
- Several recent articles and Web sites covered the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative’s report, Changing pO2licy: The Elements for Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes.
March 1, 2010
Fairview Health Services, Palm Beach Post, VitaBeat.com, EmpowHer.com
- Video: Startling New Childhood Asthma Data
February 23, 2010
The result of a year-long investigation, a new report, entitled Changing pO2licy: The Elements for Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes, from The George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services supported by the RCHN Community Health Foundation and the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. finds that more than 1 million children with asthma remain …
- Kaiser Health News: Community Health Centers Providing Return on Investment
February 17, 2010
Kaiser Health News (KHN) highlights the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative report analyzing the effects of the federal stimulus funding for community health centers on economic activity.
- The Hill: Blog Briefing Room
February 16, 2010
The Hill’s blog discusses the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative report on the economic impact of the $2 billion channeled to community health centers by last year’s economic stimulus bill.