Community Health Center of the Future

Community Health Centers (CHCs) form the backbone of America’s healthcare safety net — but staying effective and sustainable during these challenging times of increasing cost, decreasing reimbursement and workforce challenges requires more than mission-driven care. It requires a strategic embrace of innovation to find solutions that hit “all the pins”.

This series of articles explores a bold vision for the Community Health Center of the future. From comprehensive frameworks and enabling technologies to real-world implementation strategies, these articles outline how CHCs can leverage digital tools, connected health, and tech-enabled care models to drive better outcomes and remain relevant.

If you’re ready to future-proof your CHC, this is where strategy meets technology — and mission meets momentum.

For more information, see the National Association of Community Health Centers’ (NACHC) “Community Health Center of the Future” page.

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Articles

Community Health Center of the Future: A Framework

By Christian Milaster | March 5, 2024

Community Health Centers (CHCs) are the backbone of the US’s healthcare safety net, serving over $30M people each year.
This first article in a series of three provides an introduction to the simple but comprehensive and powerful model for CHCs who want to prepare for the future.

Community Health Center of the Future: Enabling and Supportive Technologies

By Christian Milaster | March 12, 2024

In our series on guidance for Community Health Centers to prepare for the future, this article dives into the various nuances of different patient technologies and practice technologies, including a digital health taxonomy that defines connected health and telehealth.

Implementing Supportive Technologies for the
Health Center

By Christian Milaster | March 19th, 2024

In this third article on the health center of the future, we are focusing again on “enabling technologies”, this time on how to successfully implement technologies by overcoming common barriers to technology adoption.

Tech-Enabled Care Model
for the Community
Health Center of the Future

By Christian Milaster | March 26, 2024

There are a multitude of different opportunities for Community Health Centers to leverage technology to stay relevant for the future. In this 4th article in my series on the “Community Health Center of the Future” I cover four examples that support a future-oriented care model.