Association of Clinicians for the Underserved

Today is #NationalRuralHealthDay! ACU joins the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) in honoring and supporting providers and staff of health centers, look-alikes, and free clinics who serve in rural areas providing access to healthcare in medically underserved communities. Thank you for making a difference in our country's rural communities! Kyle McDaniel #PowerOfRural #EnvisionHealthEquity #healthcenters #FQHC #freeclinics #underserved #CHCs

TOMORROW is #NationalRuralHealthDay! ✨ ACU celebrates the #PowerOfRural and recognizes the incredible efforts of #rural healthcare providers, communities, organizations, and State Offices of Rural Health. Rural communities are all too often medically underserved, but health centers (and National Health Service Corps clinicians) are working everyday to help meet the medical needs of patients where they are. Visit powerofrural.org to learn more. Adrian Billings MD, PhD, FAAFP, FACU #ruralhealth #NHSC #EnvisionHealthEquity

ACH has issued a statement in response to the recently released report from the Paragon Health Institute titled "Health Care for a Lame Duck." ACH urges Congress to reject the Paragon Health Institute’s recent lame duck recommendations as we face a fiscal environment where the health care safety net is teetering on the brink of collapse. Instead, we encourage every member of Congress to listen to their constituents, including health center patients and providers who strive to care for their communities every day, and provide robust funding for the Health Center Program. Read our full statement: https://hubs.li/Q02YYNh30 #ValueCHCs #CommunityHealth #HealthCenters #LameDuck #Congress #HealthPolicy #Healthcare #PrimaryCare #FQHCs

Giving Tuesday is less than two weeks away and from now until Dec. 3, every donation to ACU will be matched up to $25,000. The dedicated professionals behind clinical care, operations, administration, and outreach work tirelessly to make care possible—it's time we give back to them. ACU is honored to support their well-being through education, advocacy, and community. Help us make a difference by making a tax-deductible gift today: bit.ly/GiveACU #GivingTuesday #supportnonprofits

Rural communities often lack access to quality care, and we’re working every day to close the gap. More than 6,700 of our clinicians serve in rural areas, including: 👉 Nearly 2,800 primary care providers 👉 Nearly 600 dental providers 👉 More than 3,300 behavioral health providers Learn more at our dashboard about where NHSC clinicians are making a difference: https://bit.ly/4fUTFQL #RuralHealth

Join us TODAY for the last session in our series on retention and recruitment of specific populations. ACU's STAR² Center, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation (led by Futures Without Violence), and the Migrant Clinicians Network share best practices for building trauma-informed organizations, ensuring stigma-free workplaces, and more. Register: https://bit.ly/3Nup4NF This series offers Spanish language and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. #healthcareworkforce

"I want to bridge this gap and create avenues for underserved populations to receive preventative health education." Each year, more than 19 million patients in medically underserved communities receive care from clinicians like Halemah Shuman in the National Health Service Corps. Thank you for making a difference! https://lnkd.in/exZdwD-M #SavetheNHSC #NHSC

The Patient Activation Measure® (PAM) is a survey tool that assesses patient knowledge, skill, and confidence in managing their health and healthcare. Join us on Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. ET to learn how HealthLinc Community Health Center used PAM to identify patients who are at risk for poor health outcomes due to social determinants of health and how the tool helped to involve patients in their own care and improve outcomes. Save your spot: https://lnkd.in/e4DF8mRW #patientcare #SDOH #healthcenters #PAM #patientactivationmeasure #FQHC #healthequity

Don't forget to join us today at 1 p.m. ET! Experts from the New England College of Optometry and Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry will share how they partner with health centers, embed optometrists to provide crucial vision services to their patient populations, train students, and more. Register: https://bit.ly/4ejLegE This series is made possible by the generous support of Centene Corporation. #EyeCareIsHealthCare #visionservices #eyehealth #healthcenters #optometry #optometrist

"Multiple factors contribute to disparities in maternal health care, such as variation in the quality of health care, underlying chronic conditions and structural racism and bias, according to the CDC. Doulas can help pregnant women overcome some of those challenges." https://lnkd.in/eEWMxaBr Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Morehouse School of Medicine #maternalhealth #doula #blackmaternalhealth #healthequity