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The Missouri Primary Care Association (MPCA) is the membership organization for Missouri's Community Health Centers. Our members are community-based non-profit Health Centers that provide high-quality comprehensive affordable primary health care services to people in need throughout Missouri. Check out the videos to learn more about Community Health Centers and the MPCA!

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The “Meaningful Use” Regulation for Electronic Health Records

The “Meaningful Use” Regulation for Electronic Health Records

David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., and Marilyn Tavenner, R.N., M.H.A. The widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) in the United States is inevitable. EHRs will improve caregivers’ decisions and patients’ outcomes. Once patients experience the benefits ofthis technology, they will demand nothing less from their providers. Hundreds of thousands of physicians have already seen these benefits [...]

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Health Care Reform and Primary Care – The Growing Importance of the Community Health Center

Health Care Reform and Primary Care – The Growing Importance of the Community Health Center

Eli Y. Adashi, M.D., H. Jack Geiger, M.D., and Michael D. Fine, M.D. During the debate over U.S. health care reform, relatively little attention was paid to the long established network of community health centers (CHCs) in the United States. And yet this unique national asset constitutes a critical element of any reform intent on expanding [...]

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The Doctor is In: Moving the Needle on Rural Health Care in Missouri

The Doctor is In: Moving the Needle on Rural Health Care in Missouri

by Julia M. Johnson Living in rural Missouri has its benefi ts, but it can be a daunting place if you’re ill and uninsured. You may live in a county without a hospital.  Tough economic times may mean you can’t afford health coverage.  You may not know when your child should see a health professional.  Or [...]

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Missouri’s budget cuts are taking too great a toll on children and families, say advocates

Missouri’s budget cuts are taking too great a toll on children and families, say advocates

By Robert Joiner, Beacon staff Posted 8:46 pm Fri., 05.14.10 As proponents of services for children and families watched another legislative session end with more budget cuts and no consideration of raising revenue, many wanted to offer lawmakers this message: This is not a responsible way to run state government. “This year, we really had to cut into [...]

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Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center: URBAN HEALTH RELIEF PROGRAM

Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center: URBAN HEALTH RELIEF PROGRAM

Samuel U Rodgers Health Center is proud to announce a unique implementation for our grant funding called the URBAN HEALTH RELIEF program. The grant is a PRIMO (Primary Care Resources Initiative for Missouri). It was secured on our behalf by the Missouri Primary Care Association, who actually wrote it and lobbied for the funds to [...]

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