Health Center Partners to receive $1.5 million from HHS

Health Center Partners, a group of community health centers in San Diego, Riverside and Imperial counties in California, recently announced that is has been named the recipient of $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The funding will be used for the improvement of the adoption of health information technology at member health centers. The money received will allow for the advancement of Health Center Partners’ work to help strengthen member community health centers by implementing health information technology, data quality and reporting, health information exchange, management of the health of the population and the improvement of quality.

"We're thrilled that Health Center Partners has once again been selected among the nation's leading Health Center Controlled Networks to receive this important funding from HHS that supports our efforts to ensure quality primary care for medically underserved communities," Health Quality Partners EVP Nicole Howard said. "Grants such as this one enable Health Quality Partners to fulfill our mission every day, by offering community health centers and other safety net partners in Southern California access to resources and technical assistance in order to expand access to care and improve health outcomes, operational efficiencies and financial performance.”