Enhancing the capacity of community health centers to achieve high performance: findings from the 2009 Commonwealth Fund national survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers

Enhancing the capacity of community health centers to achieve high performance: findings from the 2009 Commonwealth Fund national survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Doty, Michelle M.
Abrams, Melinda K.
Hernandez, Susan E.
Stemikis, Kristof.
Beal, Anne C.
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2010]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Community Health Centers -- economics
Community Health Centers -- legislation & jurisprudence
Process Assessment, Health Care
Quality of Health Care -- economics
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are community-based health centers that provide comprehensive primary care and behavioral and mental health services to patients regardless of ability to pay. Passage of federal health reform will likely increase demand for FQHC services. To assess these centers' ability to function as high-performing providers of care, in 2009 The Commonwealth Fund surveyed more than 1,000 FQHCs. Four-fifths responded to questions about access to care, coordination of care across settings, engagement in quality improvement and reporting, health information technology (HIT) adoption, and the ability to serve as patient-centered medical homes. Most FQHCs can provide timely on-site care; many have problems accessing off-site specialty care. Adoption of HIT is correlated with ability to monitor and improve patient care. Medical homes demonstrate significant advantages in coordination of off-site care. The survey highlights methods for strengthening FQHCs' ability to provide care. These include formalizing partnerships with hospitals, improving office systems, adopting the medical home model, and increasing use of HIT.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101549531 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101549531