One of the best aspects of working at a community health center is the collaboration of health specialties. A hot topic amongst the healthcare community is the need to increase collaboration of specialties to increase optimal patient care. However, this collaboration occurs in many multidisciplinary community health centers on a daily basis. Patients usually visit the same community health center for medical and dental care. Hence, providers are able to care for a patient collaboratively. Examples of this include consulting with medical providers to determine if anticoagulants should be held prior to invasive dental care or asking a nurse to check a diabetic patient’s blood glucose level.
In addition to medical and dental providers, pharmacists, behavioral health specialists and other members of the healthcare community can be found at your local CHC. Community health centers are quickly transforming into patient healthcare homes. CHCs allow patients to receive comprehensive healthcare services in their communities provided by dedicated clinicians.
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