By: George Sigounas MS, Ph.D. , Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration
Summary:
Celebrating National Health Center Week,
HRSA Administrator George Sigounas says community health centers protect
and promote the health of America.
I wouldn’t be here today if not for this health
center. I didn’t realize all the help they offer and how many people use
them until I became a patient … The staff has always treated me with the
utmost respect. I can never thank them enough. I’ll have a place in my
heart for these folks for the rest of my life.” -Phillip, a patient at a health center in Virginia
For Phillip and more than 27
million other adults and children across the country, health centers
provide affordable, high-quality and patient-centered primary healthcare
that would otherwise be out of their reach.
Health centers use a holistic
approach to patient care, treating the entire person by integrating
mental health, oral health, substance use disorder and primary medical
care services. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
funds nearly 1,400 health centers operating more than 11,000 service
delivery sites in communities across the country.
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