Assessing Community Health Centers' Capacity to Serve as Medical Homes

Award Amount: $315,072
Approval Date: April 15, 2008
Start Date: July 1, 2008
End Date: June 30, 2009
Harris Interactive, Inc.
161 Sixth Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Principal Investigator: Jordon Peugh, M.A.

Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are important providers of care to low-income, uninsured, and minority patient populations. The Fund's 2006 Health Care Quality Survey found that Americans face challenges in accessing high-quality, patient-centered care, and that obstacles are particularly problematic for patients at these centers. A follow-up national survey of CEOs at 1,078 FQHCs in 2009 will examine the extent to which their organizations possess the systems and capacity needed to achieve high performance. Specifically, the survey will focus on medical home structures, engagement in quality improvement activities, and workforce capacity. To investigate the association between clinical performance and organizational measures of high performance, the survey data will be linked to the Uniform Data System used by the Bureau of Primary Health Care.