Health Access Blog

Community Health Partnership completed its second cohort of the Leadership Academy program with nine participants from our member community health centers: AACI, Gardner Health Services, Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, North East Medical Services, Peninsula HealthCare Connection, and Ravenswood Family Health Network. The Leadership Academy was first initiated in 2023 from the need

National Health Center Week is held every August to celebrate and highlight the nation's 1,400 Community Health Centers. It's a time to bring awareness to all of the amazing services that our member health centers provide, including primary care, behavioral health, substance use treatment, dental, optometry, and so much more! This year, we honor the

Congratulations to the first graduating cohort of CHP’s Community Health Worker Training Program! This 16 week Spanish language course provides students with the skills and competencies emphasized by the Department of Healthcare Access and Information for their future state certification requirements. We thank CHP’s very own Alejandra Guitierrez for the countless hours of research, development,

Community Health Partnership turned 30! We celebrated CHP’s advocacy, education, and collaboration, which has resulted in programmatic and clinical quality improvement strategies, meaningful use of data, and a sturdy seat at the decision-making tables of healthcare financing. We also celebrate and acknowledge the millions of people who made our Community Health Centers their medical homes

Community Health Partnership launched its Leadership Academy program with eight participants from our member community health centers: Gardner Health Services, Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, and Peninsula HealthCare Connection. Dr. Vicky Gomez from San Jose State University, who gave her heart and soul into the curriculum and provided space for each unique perspective,

In August 2023, Community Health Partnership celebrated National Health Center Week in style! On this day we honored our member health centers’ Electronic Health Record and EPIC staff for their continuous hard work in developing systems to meet all of the progressive changes in the way we deliver healthcare. They worked round-the-clock during the pandemic

Bob Brownstein, Strategic Advisor of Working Partnerships USA, gives us an overview of how the Santa Clara County Budget process works, County priorities, funding sources, mandates & matches, and more!   Meeting Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/uRu5fJ1147m_ERrtJf-M387PoVMnOp8Q_CYEcD1vvWFN4u6GRk4VapFcbXE8JAox.PgbwtqNlVjMJpckZ Access Passcode: *bqmkaP7

By Danielle Malone, Project Manager The CHP Health Improvement Committee, or “CHIC”, is one of three Community Health Partnership Quality Improvement Committees. At least three individuals from each clinic member organization is represented at the quarterly CHIC meetings and calls. CHP has been able to successfully nurture a culture of commitment for data driven improvement

Thank you for attending Community Health Partnership’s Telehealth Town Hall!  We are grateful we are still able to come together virtually at time when having a unified voice is so vital. A special thanks to our esteemed panelists for making our event a success! If you missed our Town Hall, the recording is available [here]. The

On August 27th, 2020, Community Health Partnership and its member health centers came together to thank the dozens of donors who supplied us with nearly 50,000 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in a time of extreme equipment shortages during this pandemic. It is with their help that our health centers were able to keep