Family Health Centers, Inc. (FHC) is a not-for-profit community health center that cares for the health and wellness of our community by providing primary and preventative health care services at seven clinical locations. FHC is designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center, where the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) provides federal grant support to help offset costs of providing services on a sliding-fee scale.
Family Health Centers provides services on a sliding-fee-scale to help make care affordable, and offers supportive services to address other barriers to health care. These support services include language interpreter services, case management, help with transportation, and help signing up for insurance.
Family Health Centers operates its main clinical and administrative site in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, and six satellite health centers in medically underserved areas of the city and county. Two of these health center sites serve special populations with unique and often complex health and social needs. The Family Health Centers Phoenix is a federal Health Care for the Homeless grantee, providing a variety of clinical, psychiatric, and social services to the regions homeless. The Family Health Centers Americana houses an Immigrant & Refugee Health Program and serves a culturally diverse population of immigrants and refugees.
Family Health Centers is governed by a majority patient Board of Governors, who represent the neighborhoods and populations that we serve. Having patients lead Family Health Centers ensures that we have direct input and guidance from the very people that we serve.
Family Health Centers provides care to more than 40,000 children and adults each year. The majority of our patients have trouble accessing the traditional health care system either because they are poor, are uninsured, or face other barriers to care such as lack of transportation. Our patients are racially and ethnically diverse and many are best served in a language other than English. For many of our patients, seeing their provider alone is not enough to improve their health. Our patients health is often complicated and interwoven with issues that come with living in poverty and in underserved communities.
Family Health Centers sites and laboratories are accredited by the Joint Commission and FHC is designated as a Patient Centered Medical Home through the National Committee for Quality Assurance. FHCs quality of care is rigorously monitored by our clinical teams and HRSA. Ongoing outreach to our patient by our Population Health team helps to ensure our patients are getting timely preventative care. Each year FHC reports patient, clinical and cost quality data to the HRSA as part of the Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting required for Federally Qualified Health Centers. HRSA uses this data to ensure quality of care by FQHCs and awards top organizations with Community Health Center Quality Recognition Awards
In 1976, Family Health Centers, Inc. was established by the Louisville-Jefferson County Board of Health to improve access to high quality primary and preventive health services for residents of the Louisville Metro area. The health center opened as the Louisville Memorial Primary Care Center and the Board of Health created a freestanding Board of Governors to operate the new health center. In 1985, the organization changed its name to Family Health Centers and a few years later the organization was incorporated as a non-profit organization.
In 1979, Family Health Centers received its first federal grant under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act which established the organization as a federally qualified health center. This grant helps support the Family Health Centers mission, by providing funds to help cover the cost of care for those without health insurance or those unable to pay.
Family Health Centers has grown over the years to add six additional sites; East Broadway (1981), Fairdale (1985), Iroquois & Phoenix (1988), Americana (2007), and West Market (2017). The Family Health Centers Phoenix is a federal Health Care for the Homeless grantee, providing a variety of clinical, psychiatric, and social services to the regions homeless. The Family Health Centers Americana houses a Refugee Health Program and serves a culturally diverse population of immigrants and refugees.
The Family Health Centers Portland site is located on the campus of the original U.S. Marine Service Hospital, which opened in 1852 to serve merchant seamen while their boats were passing through the Portland Canal on the Ohio River. The U.S. Marine Hospital was a prototype hospital for the seven U.S. Marine Hospitals authorized by Congress at that time, designed by Robert Mills, the architect of the Washington monument. Built during the golden days of steam boating when Louisville was an important commercial shipping port, the hospital converted temporarily to treat Union Soldiers wounded at Shiloh, Perryville and other major battles of the Civil War. The hospital resumed its original mission to treat merchant seamen. The hospital remained in operation until the construction of the new hospital facility was completed in 1933. The original hospital building, now called Marine Hall, is presently vacant and stands behind to the newer building. The Marine Hall hospital received National Historical Landmark designation in 1997, National Trust for Historic Preservation Most Endangered List and Save Americas Treasures status by the National Park Service in 2003.
The 1933 Marine Service Hospital was one of 27 U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals dedicated to the treatment of men serving in the Merchant Marine Corps. In 1947 the hospital closed and the building was transferred to the Public Buildings Administration as surplus. The City of Louisville purchased the building and renovated, reopening the hospital in 1953 as the Louisville Memorial Hospital to care for individuals with chronic illnesses.
In 1975, the ownership of the hospital was given to the Louisville-Jefferson County Board of Health. In 1976, the last patient was discharged from the Louisville Memorial Hospital and in the same year, the Board of Health established the Louisville Memorial Primary Care Center. The Louisville Memorial Primary Care Center later changed its name to Family Health Centers, and this site is now known as Family Health Centers Portland site, and is the main clinical and administrative site for the organization.
Family Health Centers, Inc. (FHC) es un centro de salud comunitario sin fines de lucro que se preocupa por la salud y el bienestar de nuestra comunidad al brindar servicios de atencin mdica primaria y preventiva en siete ubicaciones clnicas. FHC est designado como Centro de Salud Calificado Federalmente, donde la Administracin de Servicios y Recursos de Salud (HRSA) brinda apoyo de subvenciones federales para ayudar a compensar los costos de brindar servicios en una escala de tarifas variables.
Family Health Centers opera su sitio clnico y administrativo principal en el vecindario de Portland en Louisville, y seis centros de salud satlites en reas mdicamente desatendidas de la ciudad y el condado. Dos de estos sitios de centros de salud atienden a poblaciones especiales con necesidades sociales y de salud nicas y, a menudo, complejas. The Family Health Centers Phoenix es un concesionario federal de Atencin mdica para personas sin hogar, que brinda una variedad de servicios clnicos, psiquitricos y sociales a las personas sin hogar de la regin. Los Centros de Salud Familiar - Americana albergan un Programa de Salud para Inmigrantes y Refugiados y atienden a una poblacin culturalmente diversa de inmigrantes y refugiados.
Family Health Centers brinda atencin a ms de 40,000 nios y adultos cada ao. La mayora de nuestros pacientes tienen problemas para acceder al sistema de atencin mdica tradicional porque son pobres, no tienen seguro o enfrentan otras barreras para recibir atencin, como la falta de transporte. Nuestros pacientes son racial y tnicamente diversos y muchos reciben mejor atencin en un idioma que no sea ingls. Para muchos de nuestros pacientes, ver a su proveedor por s solo no es suficiente para mejorar su salud. La salud de nuestros pacientes a menudo es complicada y est entrelazada con los problemas que surgen al vivir en la pobreza y en comunidades desatendidas.
Los sitios y laboratorios de Family Health Centers estn acreditados por la Comisin Conjunta y FHC est designado como un hogar mdico centrado en el paciente a travs del Comit Nacional de Garanta de Calidad. Nuestros equipos clnicos y HRSA supervisan rigurosamente la calidad de la atencin de FHC. El contacto continuo con nuestros pacientes por parte de nuestro equipo de Salud de la Poblacin ayuda a garantizar que nuestros pacientes reciban atencin preventiva oportuna. Cada ao, FHC informa datos de calidad de pacientes, clnicos y de costos a la HRSA como parte de los informes del Sistema Uniforme de Datos (UDS) requeridos para los Centros de Salud Calificados Federalmente. La HRSA utiliza estos datos para garantizar la calidad de la atencin de los FQHC y premia a las principales organizaciones con los Premios de reconocimiento de calidad de los centros de salud comunitarios.
En 1976, Family Health Centers, Inc. fue establecida por la Junta de Salud del Condado de Louisville-Jefferson para mejorar el acceso a servicios de salud primarios y preventivos de alta calidad para los residentes del rea metropolitana de Louisville. El centro de salud se inaugur como Louisville Memorial Primary Care Center y la Junta de Salud cre una Junta de Gobernadores independiente para operar el nuevo centro de salud. En 1985, la organizacin cambi su nombre a Centros de Salud Familiar y unos aos ms tarde la organizacin se incorpor como una organizacin sin fines de lucro.
En 1979, Family Health Centers recibi su primera subvencin federal conforme a la Seccin 330 de la Ley de Servicios de Salud Pblica, que estableci a la organizacin como un centro de salud federalmente calificado. Esta subvencin ayuda a apoyar la misin de los Centros de Salud Familiar, al proporcionar fondos para ayudar a cubrir el costo de la atencin de las personas que no tienen seguro mdico o que no pueden pagar.
Family Health Centers ha crecido a lo largo de los aos para agregar seis sitios adicionales; East Broadway (1981), Fairdale (1985), Iroquois & Phoenix (1988), Americana (2007) y West Market (2017). The Family Health Centers Phoenix es un concesionario federal de Atencin mdica para personas sin hogar, que brinda una variedad de servicios clnicos, psiquitricos y sociales a las personas sin hogar de la regin. Los Centros de Salud Familiar - Americana albergan un Programa de Salud para Refugiados y atienden a una poblacin culturalmente diversa de inmigrantes y refugiados.
El sitio de Family Health Centers Portland est ubicado en el campus del US Marine Service Hospital original, que se inaugur en 1852 para atender a los marineros mercantes mientras sus barcos pasaban por el Canal de Portland en el ro Ohio. El US Marine Hospital fue un prototipo de hospital para los siete US Marine Hospitals autorizados por el Congreso en ese momento, diseado por Robert Mills, el arquitecto del monumento a Washington. Construido durante los das dorados de la navegacin a vapor cuando Louisville era un importante puerto comercial, el hospital se convirti temporalmente para tratar a los soldados de la Unin heridos en Shiloh, Perryville y otras batallas importantes de la Guerra Civil. El hospital reanud su misin original de tratar a los marinos mercantes. El hospital permaneci en funcionamiento hasta que se complet la construccin de las nuevas instalaciones del hospital en 1933. El edificio original del hospital, ahora llamado Marine Hall, actualmente est vaco y se encuentra detrs del edificio ms nuevo. El hospital Marine Hall recibi la designacin de Monumento Histrico Nacional en 1997, la Lista de los ms amenazados del National Trust for Historic Preservation y el estatus de Save America's Treasures por parte del Servicio de Parques Nacionales en 2003.
El Marine Service Hospital de 1933 fue uno de los 27 Hospitales del Servicio de Salud Pblica de EE. UU. dedicados al tratamiento de los hombres que prestan servicio en el Cuerpo de la Marina Mercante. En 1947 el hospital cerr y el edificio fue transferido a la Administracin de Edificios Pblicos como excedente. La ciudad de Louisville compr el edificio y lo renov, reabriendo el hospital en 1953 como Louisville Memorial Hospital para atender a personas con enfermedades crnicas.
En 1975, la propiedad del hospital pas a manos de la Junta de Salud del Condado de Louisville-Jefferson. En 1976, el ltimo paciente fue dado de alta del Hospital Louisville Memorial y en el mismo ao, la Junta de Salud estableci el Centro de Atencin Primaria Louisville Memorial. El Louisville Memorial Primary Care Center luego cambi su nombre a Family Health Centers, y este sitio ahora se conoce como Family Health Centers - sitio de Portland, y es el principal sitio clnico y administrativo de la organizacin.
Family Health Centers, Inc. (FHC) ni kituo cha afya cha jamii kisicho cha faida ambacho kinajali afya na ustawi wa jamii yetu kwa kutoa huduma za afya ya msingi na ya kinga katika maeneo saba ya kliniki. FHC imeteuliwa kuwa Kituo cha Afya Kilichohitimu Kiserikali, ambapo Utawala wa Rasilimali na Huduma za Afya (HRSA) hutoa usaidizi wa ruzuku ya serikali ili kusaidia kulipia gharama za kutoa huduma kwa kiwango cha ada ya kuteleza.
Vituo vya Afya ya Familia huendesha tovuti yake kuu ya kliniki na kiutawala katika kitongoji cha Portland cha Louisville, na vituo sita vya afya vya setilaiti katika maeneo ambayo hayana huduma ya matibabu ya jiji na kaunti. Mbili kati ya tovuti hizi za vituo vya afya huhudumia watu maalum wenye mahitaji ya kipekee na mara nyingi changamano ya kiafya na kijamii. Vituo vya Afya ya Familia - Phoenix ni Huduma ya Afya ya shirikisho kwa Wanaopokea ruzuku wasio na Makazi, inayotoa huduma mbalimbali za kiafya, kiakili na kijamii kwa wasio na makazi katika eneo hilo. Vituo vya Afya vya Familia - Americana huhifadhi Mpango wa Afya wa Wahamiaji & Wakimbizi na huhudumia idadi ya watu wa kitamaduni tofauti wa wahamiaji na wakimbizi.
Vituo vya Afya ya Familia hutoa huduma kwa watoto na watu wazima zaidi ya 40,000 kila mwaka. Wagonjwa wetu wengi wanatatizika kufikia mfumo wa afya wa kitamaduni ama kwa sababu ni maskini, hawana bima, au wanakabiliwa na vikwazo vingine vya huduma kama vile ukosefu wa usafiri. Wagonjwa wetu ni wa rangi na makabila tofauti na wengi huhudumiwa vyema katika lugha nyingine isipokuwa Kiingereza. Kwa wagonjwa wetu wengi, kuona mtoaji wao pekee haitoshi kuboresha afya zao. Afya ya mgonjwa wetu mara nyingi ni ngumu na inaingiliana na maswala yanayokuja na kuishi katika umaskini na katika jamii ambazo hazijahudumiwa.
Tovuti na maabara za Vituo vya Afya ya Familia zimeidhinishwa na Tume ya Pamoja na FHC imeteuliwa kama Makao ya Matibabu ya Msingi kwa Wagonjwa kupitia Kamati ya Kitaifa ya Uhakikisho wa Ubora. Ubora wa huduma ya FHC unafuatiliwa kwa ukali na timu zetu za kliniki na HRSA. Kuendelea kuwasiliana na mgonjwa wetu na timu yetu ya Afya ya Idadi ya Watu husaidia kuhakikisha wagonjwa wetu wanapata huduma ya kuzuia kwa wakati. Kila mwaka FHC huripoti data ya mgonjwa, kimatibabu na ya gharama kwa HRSA kama sehemu ya ripoti ya Mfumo Sawa wa Data (UDS) unaohitajika kwa Vituo vya Afya Vilivyohitimu Kiserikali. HRSA hutumia data hii ili kuhakikisha ubora wa huduma kwa FQHCs na kutoa tuzo kwa mashirika bora na Tuzo za Utambuzi wa Ubora wa Kituo cha Afya cha Jamii.
Mnamo 1976, Vituo vya Afya vya Familia, Inc. vilianzishwa na Bodi ya Afya ya Kaunti ya Louisville-Jefferson ili kuboresha ufikiaji wa huduma za afya za msingi na kinga za hali ya juu kwa wakaazi wa eneo la Louisville Metro. Kituo cha afya kilifunguliwa huku Kituo cha Huduma ya Msingi cha Ukumbusho cha Louisville na Bodi ya Afya ikiunda Bodi ya Magavana inayosimamia kuendesha kituo hicho kipya cha afya. Mnamo 1985, shirika lilibadilisha jina lake kuwa 'Vituo vya Afya ya Familia' na miaka michache baadaye shirika lilijumuishwa kama shirika lisilo la faida.
Mnamo 1979, Vituo vya Afya ya Familia vilipokea ruzuku yake ya kwanza ya shirikisho chini ya Kifungu cha 330 cha Sheria ya Huduma ya Afya ya Umma ambayo ilianzisha shirika kama kituo cha afya kilichohitimu shirikisho. Ruzuku hii husaidia kusaidia misheni ya Vituo vya Afya ya Familia, kwa kutoa pesa za kusaidia kugharamia huduma kwa wale wasio na bima ya afya au wale ambao hawawezi kulipa.
Vituo vya Afya ya Familia vimekua kwa miaka na kuongeza tovuti sita za ziada; East Broadway (1981), Fairdale (1985), Iroquois & Phoenix (1988), Americana (2007), na Soko la Magharibi (2017). Vituo vya Afya ya Familia - Phoenix ni Huduma ya Afya ya shirikisho kwa Wanaopokea ruzuku wasio na Makazi, inayotoa huduma mbalimbali za kiafya, kiakili na kijamii kwa wasio na makazi katika eneo hilo. Vituo vya Afya vya Familia - Americana huhifadhi Mpango wa Afya ya Wakimbizi na huhudumia idadi ya watu wa kitamaduni tofauti wa wahamiaji na wakimbizi.
Vituo vya Afya ya Familia - Tovuti ya Portland iko kwenye kampasi ya Hospitali ya awali ya Huduma ya Majini ya Merika, ambayo ilifunguliwa mnamo 1852 kuwahudumia wafanyabiashara wa baharini wakati boti zao zilipokuwa zikipitia Mfereji wa Portland kwenye Mto Ohio. Hospitali ya Wanamaji ya Marekani ilikuwa hospitali ya mfano kwa Hospitali saba za Wanamaji za Marekani zilizoidhinishwa na Congress wakati huo, iliyoundwa na Robert Mills, mbunifu wa mnara wa Washington. Ilijengwa wakati wa siku za dhahabu za boti ya mvuke wakati Louisville ilikuwa bandari muhimu ya kibiashara ya meli, hospitali ilibadilishwa kwa muda kuwatibu Wanajeshi wa Muungano waliojeruhiwa huko Shilo, Perryville na vita vingine vikuu vya Vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe. Hospitali ilianza tena kazi yake ya awali ya kuwatibu mabaharia wafanyabiashara. Hospitali hiyo iliendelea kufanya kazi hadi ujenzi wa kituo kipya cha hospitali ulipokamilika mwaka wa 1933. Jengo la awali la hospitali, ambalo sasa linaitwa Marine Hall, haliko wazi na liko nyuma ya jengo jipya zaidi. Hospitali ya Marine Hall ilipokea jina la Kihistoria la Kitaifa mnamo 1997, Imani ya Kitaifa ya Uhifadhi wa Kihistoria Orodha Iliyo Hatarini Kutoweka na Hadhi ya Hifadhi Hazina za Amerika na Huduma ya Hifadhi ya Kitaifa mnamo 2003.
Hospitali ya Huduma ya Majini ya 1933 ilikuwa mojawapo ya Hospitali 27 za Huduma ya Afya ya Umma za Marekani zilizojitolea kwa matibabu ya wanaume wanaohudumu katika Merchant Marine Corps. Mnamo 1947 hospitali ilifungwa na jengo likahamishiwa Utawala wa Majengo ya Umma kama ziada. Jiji la Louisville lilinunua jengo hilo na kukarabati, na kufungua tena hospitali hiyo mnamo 1953 kama Hospitali ya Ukumbusho ya Louisville ili kutunza watu walio na magonjwa sugu.
Mnamo 1975, umiliki wa hospitali ulipewa Bodi ya Afya ya Kaunti ya Louisville-Jefferson. Mnamo 1976, mgonjwa wa mwisho aliruhusiwa kutoka Hospitali ya Kumbukumbu ya Louisville na katika mwaka huo huo, Bodi ya Afya ilianzisha Kituo cha Huduma ya Msingi cha Louisville Memorial. Kituo cha Huduma ya Msingi cha Ukumbusho cha Louisville baadaye kilibadilisha jina lake kuwa Vituo vya Afya ya Familia, na tovuti hii sasa inajulikana kama Vituo vya Afya ya Familia - tovuti ya Portland, na ndiyo tovuti kuu ya kliniki na ya usimamizi kwa shirika.