Feature story: Integrating Oral Health Care for Moms and Newborns
Grace Health in Battle Creek, Michigan integrates dental care with its OB/GYN practice and pediatrics. Read more in the Grace Health story.
HRSA-funded health centers across the nation have distinguished themselves in promoting public health and providing primary care services in underserved areas. The examples below are a snapshot of the exemplary work health centers have carried out across the country.
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Grace Health in Battle Creek, Michigan integrates dental care with its OB/GYN practice and pediatrics. Read more in the Grace Health story.
Pregnant moms tend to focus more on their unborn children than on their gums.
Successful programs using remote patient monitoring and remote physical exams are reducing barriers to care for New York’s hardest to reach patients.
New nurse practitioner (NP) graduates have few options for post-graduate training because post-grad residencies are a relatively new development in the field.
When Zufall Health officials in Dover, N.J., realized they would have to replace their aging mobile medical clinic last year, they had to contend with a possible $500,000 price tag for a new one.
Staff at Lamprey Health Care in Newmarket, N.H., know that persistence is key to reaching the local homeless population.
Most years, the news is bad. When government agencies compile annual data about new HIV infections, Miami is typically among the top three cities in America, and sometimes comes in at number one.
David Mark, the CEO at One Health in Hardin, Montana, describes the health center’s service area as having more antelopes than people “We’re beyond rural,” he said.
More than 3,000 people have downloaded an app on their phones to access health information, check blood pressure and even get dietary suggestions from the Mobile County Health Department in Alabama.
Customized plans for each diabetes patient have become a cornerstone of care at Cross Trails Medical Center in Missouri.
Family Health Centers in Louisville, Kentucky works in dozens of languages to serve refugees.