These surveys look at quality in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), also known as community health centers, which provide comprehensive primary care, behavioral health services, and dental care to all patients regardless of their ability to pay or health insurance status.
National Surveys of Federal Qualified Health Centers Surveys
Featured In This Series: The Adoption and Use of Health Information Technology by Community Health Centers, 2009–2013
Advancing Health Equity
The Role of Medicaid Expansion in Care Delivery at Community Health Centers
Community health centers in states that have expanded eligibility for Medicaid are more financially stable, more able to provide behavioral health care and social services, and more likely to reward good-quality care through innovative payment policies, compared to community health centers in states that have not expanded Medicaid, a new Commonwealth Fund report finds.
Improving Health Care Quality
The 2013 Commonwealth Fund National Survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers
Use of electronic health records increased 133 percent in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) between 2009 and 2013, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey of health center leaders.
Improving Health Care Quality
The 2009 Commonwealth Fund National Survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers
This survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which are community-based health centers that provide comprehensive primary care and behavioral and mental health services to patients regardless of ability to pay, identified methods for strengthening FQHCs' ability to provide care.
Improving Health Care Quality
The Adoption and Use of Health Information Technology by Community Health Centers, 2009–2013
Health IT adoption has also grown substantially for major providers of care in poor and underserved communities, according to the The Commonwealth Fund's two national surveys of federally qualified health centers.
Improving Health Care Quality
Enhancing the Capacity of Community Health Centers to Achieve High Performance: Findings from the 2009 Commonwealth Fund National Survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers
Community health centers that are closely affiliated with hospitals have fewer difficulties getting their patients appointments for specialty procedures like X-rays, diagnostic tests, and visits with specialist physicians, according to this Commonwealth Fund survey of community health centers.