Yakima Neighborhood Health Services (YNHS) has been awarded

Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for Physician Practice Connections® – Patient-Centered Medical Home™ OR PPC®-- PCMH™.  YNHS is the first Community Health Center in Washington State to receive this recognition, which acknowledges that YNHS has met the NCQA’s exacting standards in managing patient care based on the medical home model.  The medical home model focuses on the partnerships between patients and their families, medical providers, dentists, behavioral health providers and other specialists.  The medical provider coordinates and leads the team in caring for their patient- often using the latest technology to share information – which allows patients to get the care they need, in the way they need it.

“The patient-centered medical home promises to improve health and health care,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “The active, ongoing relationship between a patient and a physician in medical homes fosters an all-too-rare goal in care: staying healthy and preventing illness in the first place. PPC®-PCMH™

Recognition shows that Yakima Neighborhood Health Services has tools, systems and resources to provide their patients with the right care at the right time.”

The PPC-PCMH recognition, valid for three years, is awarded in three levels.  In order to receive the level 3 recognition, YNHS met the highest level of criteria in patient communication and access, using electronic technology to organize information and collect data, using evidence-based management for chronic conditions, patient self-management and more.

“This recognition is an objective measure of what we, as a Community Health Center, strive for on a daily basis”, said Anita Monoian, CEO of Yakima Neighborhood Health Services. “Our inter-disciplinary team work closely together to assist our patients and their families with their comprehensive  medical, dental, behavioral health, housing, and health literacy needs. I could not be prouder of our staff.”   YNHS received the Level 3 Recognition for both its 8th Street Clinic and for Neighborhood Connections, the Health Care for the Homeless satellite in Yakima.

About YNHS: Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, founded in 1975, is a privately owned non profit organization committed to caring for the underserved and uninsured people in the Yakima Valley by providing affordable, accessible and quality health care. See www.ynhs.org for more information.