Health Center Promising Practices

HRSA works with health centers and other partners to support quality improvement and promote a continuous learning health system. In a learning health system, evidence and experience are used to improve local practices and inform system-wide enhancements. As a result, patients receive higher quality, safer, more efficient care.

To support these efforts, HRSA shares promising practices, health center experiences, and lessons learned. Examples of such practices come from strategic partners, health centers, HRSA staff and project officers, etc.

Topics

Care Coordination | Data/Health Information Technology | Diabetes | Food Security | HIV | Substance Use Disorder (SUD) | Telehealth

Care Coordination

Data/Health Information Technology

Diabetes

Food Security

HIV

Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

View more SUD promising practices in the Opioid Special Edition Digest .

Telehealth

Share a health center promising practice

Health centers can share successes in advancing the Health Center Program mission and goals by submitting a short summary to HRSA.

Criteria

The story will be considered by a review panel based on the following criteria:

We will continue to update this page to identify promising practices based on the following criteria:

• Practices must be innovative, beyond the routine activities health centers or partners employ.
• The practice has the potential for implementation in other health centers or through partners.
• Quantitative and/or qualitative data when available (e.g., Uniform Data System or health center data) are available to demonstrate the effectiveness of the practice.

Instructions

If selected, BPHC will contact the health center and feature its practice on the website.

1. Access the Health Center Program Support page.
2. Provide your first and last name with your email address.
3. If you have emailed HRSA before your name and your email address will be displayed and you can select the "This is me!" button, followed by the "Next" button. If you have not emailed HRSA before, you will need to update your contact information.
4. Enter your name of your organization or employer and select "Search Accounts." If your organization is listed, select "This is my organization!"
5. Select the appropriate Requester Type (i.e., "Applicant," "Current Award Recipient").
6. Provide a phone number, in case we need to contact you for further information, and verify the rest of your contact information.
7. Select "Health Center."
8. Select "Health Center Profile" issue type.
9. Include a summary of the question or feedback in the Description field.
10. Select "Submit" and the completed form will be routed to the appropriate HRSA staff.