HopeHealth Recognized by Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
HopeHealth was the recipient of three Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) awards from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA).
HopeHealth was recognized with the silver Health Center Quality Leader badge, the National Quality Leader – Heart Health badge, and the National Quality Leader – Behavioral Health badge.
Health Center Quality Leader – Silver
HopeHealth received this recognition for achieving the best overall performance on clinical quality measures among all health centers. Silver recipients are in the top 11-20 percent of all centers nationwide for overall quality performance.
National Quality Leader – Heart Health
To earn this award, HopeHealth had to meet or exceed three of the four national targets for cardiovascular care. These include:
- Tobacco use: screening and cessation intervention
- Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of aspirin or another antiplatelet
- Statin Therapy for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease
- Controlling high blood pressure (hypertension control)
National Quality Leader – Behavioral Health
HopeHealth earned this award by meeting or exceeding two of the three national targets for behavioral health care. These include:
- Depression remission at twelve months
- Screening for depression and follow-up plan
- Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment
Community health centers annually report a core set of information, including data on patient characteristics, services provided, clinical processes and health outcomes, patients’ use of services, staffing, costs, and revenues as part of a standardized reporting system known as the Uniform Data Systems (UDS). More information on the data can be found at data.hrsa.gov.
