PrimeCareHealth Community Health Centers

Our team was honored to meet with the American Heart Association and receive recognition for our community health efforts. In 2023, we achieved 74% blood pressure control for adults with hypertension, provided education and care for patients at high risk of cardiovascular events, and improved quality of care for patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors. It is a dream to do what we do for our patients, and we thank the AHA team for hosting us and recognizing our team's accomplishments. #chc #communityhealth #fqhc #aha #healthcarequality #qualitycare #recognition #wellness #bloodpressurecontrol #type2diabetes #caremanagement

Support Early Intervention by Signing the Petition! The Illinois Early Intervention (EI) program is essential for infants and toddlers facing developmental challenges, offering vital support to help children thrive and reduce long-term educational and health costs. But service delays are reaching historic highs, and an ongoing workforce crisis means more and more families are waiting for the services they’re entitled to receive. The Illinois General Assembly can help! We're urging legislators to increase EI funding by $60 million in the FY26 budget to boost provider reimbursement rates and retain essential EI therapists and service coordinators. Every organization’s support strengthens this critical ask—sign on to the petition and make a difference today! https://lnkd.in/gnH-p7WW #BabiesCannotWait #FundEarlyIntervention #SupportILKids

PrimeCare Health is excited to introduce our incoming Administrative Fellow, Yahya Abdelhay, who will be starting in summer 2025 for a 12-month fellowship. Graduating in May 2025 with a Master's in Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Yahya brings a diverse skillset across healthcare operations and a passion for community health service transformation and access. We are proud to be one of the first FQHCs in the nation to have established an Administrative Fellowship program available to recent graduates of CAHME-accredited Masters programs. This experience provides a broad-based exposure to healthcare delivery and operations management, designed to support the skillset and working knowledge of upcoming healthcare leaders in a post-graduate context. Congratulations, Yahya, and welcome to PrimeCare!

PrimeCare Health is honored to have had a 66% Breast Cancer Screening Rate in 2023. Please be sure to talk to your provider about Breast Cancer Screening at your next PrimeCare visit to get a referral for a mammogram. #chc #communityhealth #breastcancer #breastcancerawarenessmonth #healthcare #healthcarequality #wellness #primarycare

We were fortunate to have some of our staff members presented last week at the Illinois Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) conference! Sam Kurnik, Medical Director of Quality and Performance Improvement, and Colleen Murphy, Manager of Quality and Data Management, presented "Creating and Leveraging a Quality Plan in a Substance Use Disorder Clinic" about the benefits of creating and tracking quality measures for a subpopulation. Erin Howes presented “Creating a Culture of Quality” sharing best practices around data transparency, financing and growing a quality team, and the importance of staff recognition and celebration. Thank you to our staff who presented and to the IPHCA for providing us with a platform to make our voice heard as an organization! #ILALC24 #IPHCAconference2024 #Unitedbyaboldmission #ValueCHCs

Two of our team members received awards at this year's Illinois Primary Health Care Association Conference! Board Chair Rev. Luis F. Reyes received the IPHCA Consumer Board Dedication Award, and Erin Howes, MPH, Senior Director of Quality and Practice Transformation, received the Clinical Quality Champion Award. These awards were presented to Rev. Reyes and Erin Howes by our CEO Lynn Hopkins (all three pictured below). We thank them both for consistently going above and beyond to make PrimeCare a hub that provides high-quality, compassionate, and culturally respectful healthcare for the communities we serve. We'd also like to thank IPHCA for helping us recognize them! #ILALC24 #IPHCAconference2024 #Unitedbyaboldmission #ValueCHCs

PrimeCare Health is thrilled to have participated in the Breakthrough T1D Walk on September 29th! A huge shoutout to our amazing staff for volunteering to participate and the fantastic event organizers for making it such a fun and meaningful day. Together, we walked for a brighter future for those living with Type 1 diabetes—because awareness and support make all the difference! 💙👟 Let’s keep raising awareness and breaking barriers around T1D, one step at a time! #T1D #PrimeCareHealth #BreakthroughT1D #WalkForACure #CommunityCare

PrimeCare Health is participating in the Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) walk again this coming Sunday! We are proud to support efforts to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and fundraise for continued advocacy, advancements, and research in the field. As of right now, we have already raised $2,283! We'd love to raise even more before the day of the walk. If you're interested in donating to our cause, please click the link below. Thank you for your generosity! #chc #communityhealth #fqhc #t1d #type1diabetes #breakthrought1d #fundraising #wellness

We wanted to remind you that PrimeCare Health is participating in the Breakthrough T1D Illinois walk this year! We are proud to support efforts to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and fundraise for continued advocacy, advancements, and research in the field. We're more than a third of the way to reaching $6,000 goal and would really appreciate your help. If you're interested in donating to our cause, please go to https://lnkd.in/g_VVq-2F and hit the "Donate" button. Thank you for your generosity! #chc #communityhealth #fqhc #t1d #type1diabetes #breakthrought1d #fundraising #wellness

Attention, prospective administrative fellowship applicants! If you could not attend our first webinar, we encourage you to attend our next one on Thursday, September 19 from 12 to 12:30 PM. We are excited to talk about this exciting opportunity before the application deadline! Please use this link to sign up: https://bit.ly/4fvYtg6