A Long and Winding Road
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Federally qualified health centers, community variation and prospects under reform.
Community Health Centers (Clinics, FQHCs)
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Safety-Net Providers In Some US Communities Have Increasingly Embraced Coordinated Care Models
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Safety-net organizations, which provide health services to uninsured and low-income people, increasingly are looking for ways to coordinate services among providers to improve access to quality of care and to reduce costs. In this analysis, a part o ...
Case Studies on the Health Care Safety Net
February 1, 2012 | Report
A bibliographic list of health care safety net case studies and their locations.
Looking at Comprehensive Safety Nets in Seven Communities
October 10, 2012 | Program Result
From 2009 through 2012, researchers analyzed access to care and the cost of care provided by comprehensive health care safety nets in seven communities.
Free Clinics Helping to Patch the Safety Net
February 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Volunteer-based clinics have existed in the United States for decades providing health care to the uninsured and underinsured. These free clinics all share a common dependence on volunteer staff and philanthropic provision of financial and non-finan ...
Health Care Improvement Process Made Accessible to Safety-Net Providers via Breakthrough Series on Internet
September 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement adapted the organization's existing model for health care improvement processes, known as the Breakthrough Series, for use on the Internet.
Community Health Center Established in a Florida Public Housing Complex
July 1, 2001 | Program Result
Halifax Medical Center formed a public-private collaboration – Volusia County Cooperative Health Group (the cooperative) – to expand access to primary and specialty care for underserved residents of the Daytona Beach/Volusia County, Fla., area.
Volunteers in Health Care Program Establishes Technical Resource Center, Provides Financial Support to Organizations Offering Free Care
April 1, 2007 | Program Result
Staff from the national program office of the program Reach Out: Physicians' Initiative to Expand Care to Underserved Americans established and operated a technical resource center.
Community-Based Primary Care Centers Affected by Medicaid Clients Moving into Managed Care
January 1, 1999 | Program Result
During 1997 and 1998, researchers at the University of Washington Institute for Public Policy and Management assessed the needs of community-based primary care centers to participate successfully in managed care.
Will Reform Strengthen or Strain the Health Care Safety Net?
October 25, 2012 | Story
RWJF Scholars chart opportunities and problems and pose solutions for protecting the health care institutions that serve the most vulnerable.