Enabling Services: Gateways to Better Care
Year Developed: 2016
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: Enabling Staff
Language(s): English
Developed by: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: This fact sheet was developed by AAPCHO and the National Association for Community Health Centers (NACHC). It provides an overview of the leading role health centers play in providing enabling services, or non-clinical services that improve access to care, and the important and positive impacts these services can have on health outcomes, costs, access and patient satisfaction.
Resource Details: This fact sheet gives the statistical data to show how health centers have increased their enabling services staff to provide quality care for the diverse non-clinical needs of their patients. It details the services involved and how they positively contribute to outcomes, costs, access and patient satisfaction.
Resource Topic: Health Information Technology (HIT)/Data, Clinical Issues, Special and Vulnerable Populations, Value-Based Health Care Transformation
Resource Subtopic: Enabling Services (ES), Patient-Centered Health Outcomes, Research and Data, Policy and Advocacy.
Keywords: Data Collection, Management, and Analytics, Non-Clinical Services, Patient Satisfaction.This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.