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To recognize, congratulate, and thank Primary One Health for 20 years of providing high quality health care services to the residents of the City of Columbus and Central Ohio.
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WHEREAS, PrimaryOne Health has provided high-quality, comprehensive primary care and preventative health care services in Central Ohio for 20 years and is the region’s longest serving Federally Qualified Health Center; and
WHEREAS, As the country’s largest primary care network, Health Centers now serve as the health care home for over 25 million Americans in over 10,000 delivery sites across the nation - One in every 13 people in the United States gets their care in a community health center; and
WHEREAS, Health Centers, like PrimaryOne Health, are a critical element of the health system, serving both rural and urban populations, and often providing the only accessible and dependable source of primary care in their communities; and
WHEREAS, Everyday, Health Centers are developing new approaches to integrating a wide range of services beyond primary care, including oral health, vision, behavioral health, and pharmacy services, to meet the needs and challenges of their community; and
WHEREAS, Health Centers are locally controlled by patient-majority boards, ensuring that the patients of each Health Center system are engaged in their own health care decisions; and
WHEREAS, Health Centers, like PrimaryOne Health, nationally employ nearly 190,000 people, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse midwives who work as part of multi-disciplinary clinical teams designed to treat the whole patient; and
WHEREAS, The Health Center model continues to prove an effective means of overcoming barriers to healthcare access, and in doing so, improves health care outcomes and reduces health care system costs; and
WHEREAS, Health Centers reduce overall costs of care by managing chronic conditions and keeping patients out of costlier health care ...
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