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Every three years Family Health Centers of San Diego is subjected to an intense review of our programs, services, and most of all, our clinical safety. For over two decades, we have invited The Joint Commission, the nation’s pre-eminent accrediting body for health care organizations, to spend a week testing our systems, our culture of …

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month. With the recent hepatitis A breakout in the city of San Diego, Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) encourages patients of all ages to protect themselves by becoming #HepAware. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), millions of Americans have chronic viral hepatitis without knowing they are …

Protecting the “littles” is a cornerstone of Family Health Centers of San Diego’s (FHCSD) mission. Children are the most vulnerable and disadvantaged when it comes to health care prevention.  Nationally, pediatric practices are challenged with retaining their patients after four months of age. Contributors to this decline in pediatric wellness visits may be busy single …

This past weekend, families gathered at Sherman Heights Community Center for Family Health Centers of San Diego’s (FHCSD) Healthy Heroes Wellness Fair. This second-annual fair provided kids and their families with the opportunity to learn more about the health care services available to them, along with ways to improve their health and make smart choices. FHCSD …

On June 29, 2017, FHCSD will graduate our inaugural class of Family Medicine physicians, and in so doing, move one step closer to providing a solution for our organization to the national physician shortage. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, “Under every combination of scenarios modeled, the United States will face a shortage …

March 28, 2017, is American Diabetes Association Alert Day! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 86 million Americans have prediabetes – and 9 out of 10 of those affected are unaware that they have it. The CDC also projects that 15-30% of people with prediabetes will develop type 2 diabetes within …

If you knew that a certain segment of Americans had a suicide rate of 41% compared to the general public’s rate of 4.6% you might be shocked. It might be further horrifying to know that many represented in that high rate of suicide were children. And of those children, most had been bullied, isolated, and …

February is American Heart Month. Whether or not you participated by having a free blood pressure screening at Family Health Centers of San Diego’s (FHCSD) Love Your Heart event, it is always important to monitor your heart health throughout the year. Did you know that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) roughly 610,000 …

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Last July, President Obama signed into law the much heralded, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act or CARA. CARA was the first major federal addiction legislation in 40 years, and the most comprehensive effort undertaken to address the opioid epidemic, encompassing six identified pillars necessary for a coordinated community response – prevention, treatment, recovery, law enforcement, …

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) invites you to take time this month to love yourself! Select clinics will offer FREE events to ensure you’re aware of your health status. Early Detection Can Save Lives – Breast Exam and Mammograms Event February 7, 2017, 1:00 – 5:00pm Chula Vista Family Health Center 251 Landis Avenue …

This guest blog entry is written by The California Society of Health System Pharmacists at UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy (CSHP-UCSD), a non-profit professional pharmacy organization. CSHP-UCSD maintains a variety of programs, including Poison Prevention, Asthma Awareness, Tobacco Cessation and other public health education events to benefit the community and promote the profession …