Community Health Care Association of New York State, Inc. (CHCANYS)
- Project Title: Improving Diabetes Care at New York State Community Health Centers
- Priority Area: Improving Diabetes Prevention and Management
- Award Amount: $252,577
- Date Awarded: April 1, 2008
- Region: New York City
- Website: http://www.chcanys.org/
- Grant Status: Complete
Overview
As the first field partner—or node—of the New York State Diabetes Campaign, this grant will work toward improving the delivery of care to patients with diabetes at community health centers (CHCs) across New York State.
The Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS) will focus its efforts in the first year on building the fundamentals of improving diabetes care at community health centers (CHCs). CHCANYS will: 1) assess baseline diabetes clinical indicators for CHCs; 2) assess the capacity of community health centers to manage diabetes; 3) identify national diabetes best practices in CHCs; and 4) identify five CHCs demonstrating best practices around diabetes management and support its National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognition for diabetes care.
CHCANYS is a 37-year-old nonprofit association of 56 federally qualified health centers, which provide primary care for more than 1.3 million vulnerable New Yorkers at more than 400 sites. Twenty-seven of New York State's 62 counties, rural and urban, are home to at least one health center.
- Improving Diabetes Outcomes at New York State Hospital Outpatient Clinics-Year 3 Healthcare Educational and Research Fund (on behalf of the Healthcare Association of New York State)
- Underwriting Fees for National Diabetes Recognition Programs National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)