As National Health Center Week begins, community health centers across Florida are adopting innovative approaches to delivering care to improve the lives of the nearly 2 million residents they serve.
At the annual conference of the Florida Association of Community Health Centers, the focus was on innovative health care.
April Lewis, president and CEO of the consulting firm A. Lewis Academy, among those at the forefront of the efforts, said innovation is already part of the DNA of health centers even as they incorporate technology such as voice-assistance artificial intelligence to minimize administrative burden, which may lead to burnout for their workforce.
“Community health centers have an integrated care model,” Lewis explained. “You can come into a Community Health Center and all of your health — to include behavioral health, oral health needs — can be met, so we really keep the patient in the middle.”
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