septiembre 16, 2016
CEO’s Corner: Do Patient «Thank Yous» Matter to Healthcare Providers?
Picture your industry growing 30% or more a year. Picture changing regulations heaped on you day after day, and colleagues trying to just keep up with an industry in overdrive for six straight years. Picture all your new customers don’t just need your service—they need to be educated about your service on a daily basis. …
septiembre 9, 2016
Teen Health Center Moves to City College
Family Health Centers of San Diego is always seeking opportunities to provide high-quality and affordable health care to individuals in need. In an effort to better serve teens and young adults, Teen Health Center is moving to City College of San Diego. This new location, central to the students of City College and nearby San …
septiembre 1, 2016
Protect Your Family. Get Immunized.
August is National Immunization Awareness Month! As children go back to school, it is important to get immunized to protect yourself and your family. What is the difference between a vaccine and immunization? Vaccine – a product administered to create immunity from a disease. Contrary to popular belief, vaccines are not available by needle injection alone. …
septiembre 1, 2016
ISSUE #11: September 2016
Protect Your Family. Get Immunized. August is National Immunization Awareness Month! It is important to get immunized to protect yourself and your family, especially as children go back to school. Vaccines help you, your family and others in the community from getting certain diseases. By building defenses within your body, you are less likely to …
agosto 25, 2016
CEO’s Corner: Immunizations & Health Services
By Fran Butler-Cohen, Family Health Centers of San Diego CEO Thirty years ago, I brought my young son to a medical care visit. He was not immunized. This amazing pediatrician, with no judgment or blame in her eyes, gently suggested I was perhaps too well-read on the topic of immunizations, and instead, suggested we go …
agosto 15, 2016
How to Care for Your Child’s Vision
August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month! Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) wants families to be aware of the impact vision has on your child’s overall health and wellness. According to a recent Children’s Vision and Eye Health report, one in five preschoolers enrolled in Head Start have a vision disorder. Vision …
agosto 5, 2016
Celebrating National Health Center Week
August 7th – 13th is National Health Center Week! Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is a community health center organization rich in history and tradition. Community services have been provided to the residents of Barrio Logan at the site of our first clinic located at 1809 National Avenue for more than 100 years. …
agosto 1, 2016
ISSUE #10: August 2016
Don’t Miss Our September Spirit of the Barrio! Who are Millennials? And what do they want? How should you communicate with this new generation? (And what exactly IS Snapchat?) Join us on September 16th at our #SOTB (that’s Spirit of the Barrio) luncheon to find out the answers to these questions and more as we …
julio 20, 2016
CEO’S Corner: What’s in a Tamal (or Tamale)?
It’s just a little corn meal, some chili sauce, some meat, chicken or cheese, wrapped in a husk. Sounds simple, right? Every kitchen has its own recipe. And every grandchild claims their grandmother’s was the best. But Laura Rodriguez, the founding spirit behind Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD), made tamales special in Barrio …
julio 13, 2016
Room to Grow: Hillcrest Family Health Center on Third Avenue
Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) has opened a new location on 3rd Avenue adjacent to Hillcrest Family Health Center to expand our comprehensive services and programs and further meet the health care needs of the diverse Hillcrest community. Opened on July 5th, Hillcrest Family Health Center on Third Avenue houses behavioral health services, …
julio 8, 2016
San Diego Chargers to Discuss Stadium Initiative Project at Family Health Centers of San Diego’s Spirit of the Barrio
SAN DIEGO, CA — (July 8, 2016) John Spanos, President of Football Operations, and representatives from the San Diego Chargers, including Special Advisors Fred Maas and Jeffrey Pollack, will speak about the downtown stadium initiative at Family Health Centers of San Diego’s Spirit of the Barrio luncheon on Friday, July 15, at 11:30am at Logan …
julio 6, 2016
How To Beat The Heat
While it’s always sunny in San Diego, the weather really starts to heat up in the summer months. During this season, it is natural to want to be outdoors soaking up the sun. With attractions like the San Diego County Fair, the San Diego Zoo, Padres games and Sea World, it’s likely that you and …

