DCPCA membership includes 15 community health centers and other community-based organizations, with nearly 60 health care delivery sites that serve approximately 1 out of 3 District residents. Community health centers are vital resources to the residents of the communities they serve. Find your local health center today!
Founded in 1996, the DC Primary Care Association (DCPCA) is a non-profit health equity and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health of DC's vulnerable residents by ensuring access to high quality primary health care-regardless of an ability to pay. This website is supported by the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $565,233.
Founded in 1996, the DC Primary Care Association (DCPCA) is a non-profit health equity and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health of DC's vulnerable residents by ensuring access to high quality primary health care-regardless of an ability to pay. This website is supported by the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $565,233.
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DC Primary Care Association (DCPCA) works to create healthier communities through advocacy and the development of the infrastructure to support a high quality, equitable, integrated health care system that gives every DC resident a fair shot at a full and healthy life.
Founded in 1996, DCPCA is a non-profit health equity and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health of DC's vulnerable residents by ensuring access to high quality primary health care, regardless of an ability to pay.
Founded in 1996, DCPCA is a non-profit health equity and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health of DC's vulnerable residents by ensuring access to high quality primary health care, regardless of an ability to pay.
The Quality Improvement Department provides technical assistance and training to health centers to support improvements in access, operational excellence, and health outcomes. Through our partnerships with experienced content experts, we develop and facilitate training sessions, conferences, on-site technical assistance, and peer groups to accelerate the use of innovative and evidence-based best practices.
Our Primary Care Association (PCA) designation is supported by the Health Resources Service Association (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC). Primary Care Associations (PCAs) are state or regional nonprofit organizations that provide training and technical assistance (T/TA) to safety-net providers.
In 2013, HealthEfficient and DCPCA joined forces to become a Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN). Our HCCN, the Qual IT Care Alliance, is comprised of 26 FQHCs from DC, New York, and several other states. Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) are groups of health centers working together to address operational and clinical challenges related to the use of health information technology (HIT).
In 2016, due to the generous support of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH), DCPCA and its member health centers developed the Cancer Patient Navigation program. MGUH is a non-profit, acute care teaching and research hospital. MGUH and DCPCA partnered to develop an innovative primary care, patient-centered, evidence-based model that will aid in the removal of barriers associated with cancer screenings for District residents.
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