233822 Community Health Centers and Health Care Reform

Saturday, November 6, 2010 : 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

Paul Melinkovich, MD , Community Health Services Director, Denver Health, Denver, CO
  
This presentation will review the opportunities for Community Health Centers provided through health care reform legislations. In addition it will outline how community health centers are uniquely positioned to provide access and high quality care to the low-income populations that will be able to access care because of health care reform.

Learning Areas:
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
1.Discuss the potential for Community Health Centers to increase access to primary and preventive care for low-income populations 2. Explain the opportunities for Community Health Centers provided in health care reform

Keywords: Community Health Centers, Health Care Reform

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been involved with research on school health services and immunization delivery. I am professor at U of Colorado, Dept of Health Sciences, and a practicing physician at Kids Care Pediatric Clinic
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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