The award, according to a letter from HRSA chief George Sigounas, reflects the health center's rankings in Clinical Quality Measures among the 1,400 health centers that operate 11,000 sites throughout the country.
"For more than 50 years, health centers have
delivered affordable, accessible, cost-effective, and quality primary health
care to patients regardless of their ability to pay," Sigounas noted.
"Health centers advance a model of coordinated, comprehensive, and patient-centered care, integrating a wide range of medical, dental, mental health, substance use disorder, and patient support services. "
"Health centers advance a model of coordinated, comprehensive, and patient-centered care, integrating a wide range of medical, dental, mental health, substance use disorder, and patient support services. "
“I am very pleased, but not at all surprised that
our staff met this incredibly high standard,” Wood River Health Services
President and CEO Michael Lichtenstein said. “Our staff is hard-working,
talented, and dedicated to providing our patients and this entire area with the
best healthcare available anywhere.”
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 administers the area WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Nutrition
Program, provides a nationally recognized chronic disease management program, has
available onsite lab testing in cooperation with Westerly Hospital, including
blood work, x-ray and mammography, and provides behavioral and mental health
counseling and referrals.
Sliding
scale payments are available to those who qualify.
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).
Here
is a copy of the US Health and Human Services Department’s citation letter:
February 16, 2018
Dear Wood River Health
Services, Inc.:
For more than 50 years, health
centers have delivered affordable, accessible, cost-effective, and quality primary
health care to patients regardless of their ability
to pay. Health centers
advance a model of coordinated, comprehensive, and patient-centered care, integrating a wide range of medical,
dental, mental health,
substance use disorder,
and patient support
services. Today, nearly 1,400 health centers
operate more than 11,000 service delivery sites that provide
primary health care in every U.S. state,
the District of Columbia, Pue1to Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Basin.
In recognition of your 2017 Quality Improvement Award, the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
is proud to present you with the enclosed certificate of achievement.
As a Health Center Quality Leader,
Wood River Health
Services, Inc. achieved
the best overall clinical performance among all health centers, placing
in the top 30 percent
of the adjusted quartile rankings
for Clinical Quality
Measures.
Thank you for
your commitment to providing quality
primary health care services to your community.
Sincerely,
George Sigounas, MS, Ph.D. Administrator