Local health center honored at State House for quality standards

Wood River Health Services honored at State House for status as Patient Centered Medical Home

Sen. Cathie Cool Rumsey (D-Dist. 34) presents a Senate 

resolution to 

Wood River Health Services President & CEO 

Michael A. Lichtenstein 

at the State House on Wed., Feb. 12. 

Also representing the health center 

were Lynda Greene, 

Quality Improvement Manager, and 

David Henley, 

Development Coordinator.

HOPE VALLEY, RI – Wood River Health Services was honored at the State House recently in both the Senate and the House for achieving national recognition as a Patient Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Sen. Cathie Cool Rumsey introduced a resolution to the Senate congratulating the health center for “demonstrating the ability to meet and exceed key elements and high standards that are aligned with the joint principles of the Patient Centered Medical Home program.”

On the House side, Rep. Brian Patrick Kennedy and Rep. Larry Valencia sponsored a Citation recognizing the staff at the center for “their dedication to the community and their patients and the commitment to excellence and teamwork that earned them recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.”

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is considered the leading model of care, emphasizing care coordination and communication to transform primary care to focus on patient needs. The PCMH identifies practices that promote partnerships between individual patients and their personal clinicians, instead of treating patient care as the sum of several episodic office visits. 

Each patient's care is tended to by a clinician-led care team, which provides for all the patient's healthcare needs and coordinates treatments across the healthcare system.

Wood River Health Services is the Federally Qualified Community Health Center for southwestern Rhode Island, providing medical and dental care and social services to over 9,000 area residents.

The center also provides a nationally recognized chronic disease management program, on-site lab testing in cooperation with Westerly Hospital and behavioral and mental health counseling referrals.

Wood River Health Services is located at 823 Main St., Hope Valley (on Route 3 south of the village, just off Route I-95 at Exit 2). For more information, call (401) 539-2461 or visit www.wrhsri.org.