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October 23, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 23, 2012
LANSING - Recently the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced grants to 810 community health centers nationwide, including 22 in Michigan. Funded by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), these grants will enhance the quality of care at these community health centers and allow more women to be screened for cervical cancer.
"Community health centers in Michigan are committed to providing high quality health care services to our residents," said James K. Haveman, Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH). "This is yet another crucial funding opportunity to help improve the health and wellness of our state."
The grants will allow community health centers to become patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) and increase their rates of cervical cancer screening. The patient-centered medical home is a care delivery model designed to improve quality of care through better coordination, treating the many needs of the patient at once, increasing access, and empowering the patient to be a partner in their own care.
The grants will provide assistance to health centers in Michigan as they make changes, such as improved care coordination and management, which are necessary to become patient-centered medical homes.
The awards also will support health centers' efforts to increase the percentage of women screened for cervical cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 12,000 new cases of cervical cancer and more than 4,000 deaths will occur across the United States in 2012. Patients who receive their health care in a patient-centered practice have been shown to receive a higher rate of preventive services, including cervical cancer screening.
In Michigan, cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates have been decreasing. In 2008, 350 women were diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer; while 109 Michigan women died of the disease in 2009. Since the 1990s, there has been a decline in the incidence of invasive cervical cancer among women in Michigan. Incidence rates in Michigan decreased from 8.7 invasive cervical cancer cases per 100,000 women in 1999 to 6.7 cases in 2008.
Each community health center will receive $55,000 for this initiative. The 22 Michigan community health centers are:
For more information about HRSA's Community Health Center Program, visit http://bphc.hrsa.gov/about/index.html. To find a health center in your area, visit http://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov.
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