JPHMP Direct June 25, 2024
Quality improvement coaching programs can help Federally Qualified Health Centers overcome barriers to improving chronic disease management and care.
In 2022 alone, health care spending in the United States totaled $4.5 trillion.1 Ninety percent of these expenditures are for people with chronic and mental health conditions.2 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are primary care clinics that receive federal funds to provide healthcare services to underserved communities with complex health and social challenges. 3,4 These challenges place FQHC patients at highest risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes and make treatment and management all the more challenging. 4,5
To better equip FQHCs to effectively manage patients with chronic diseases, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health partnered...
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