Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Federally Qualified Health Centers(FQHC) and Community Health Centers are growing with the Affordable Care Act. This paper introduces literature that supports the need for Community Health Centers and management of low income patients with chronic illnesses. This paper also reviews the fieldwork experience at a FQHC. It reviews the goals, project, methods and findings of the fieldwork. This paper also elaborates on the scope of the project and a quality improvement report for the FQHC in observation. It discusses the future potential implementation of the recommendations and the benefits for both employees and patients. This paper concludes with follow up plans for whether the recommendations get implemented and the future success of the FQHC.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Public Health (MPH)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Project/Capstone - Global access
- Year dc:date.available
- 2016
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Penrod, Stephanie
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Courtney Keeler
- Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharya
Subjects
dc:subject × 12- Federally Qualified Health Centers(FQHC)
- Community Health
- Community Health and Preventive Medicine
- Health and Medical Administration
- Health Services Administration
- Infrastructure
- Medicine and Health
- Nursing Administration
- Other Public Health
- Public Administration
- Public Health and Community Nursing
- Public Health Education and Promotion
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/405
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1403