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Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) has been awarded the 2019 Cigna Well-Being Award for their Employee Wellness Program. The award honors workplaces that are making a difference in the health and well-being of their employees. The company is evaluated on areas such as leadership, organizational foundations, policy and environment, program implementation and participation. …

September 4, 2019 – SAN DIEGO, Calif., Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) recently received the largest quality award in the nation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for their work in providing quality care to their patients. FHCSD CEO, Fran Butler-Cohen said, “We are honored to be recognized for …

August 19, 2019 – SAN DIEGO, Calif., Family Health Centers of San Diego received their “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation, the highest ranking possible, from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) reaching the maximum score of 100 for the second year in a row. FHCSD is the only community clinic in San Diego to achieve …

Family Health Centers of San Diego Recognized for High-Quality Diabetes Education and Patient Support Services August 8, 2019 – SAN DIEGO, Calif., The prestigious American Diabetes Association (ADA) Education Recognition Certificate for quality diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) service was awarded to Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) in July 2019. The ADA …

Millions of Americans are living with viral hepatitis, but most do not know they are infected. In honor of Hepatitis Awareness Month, be #HepAware19 and find out if you should get tested or vaccinated. Use the CDC’s Hepatitis Risk Assessment: https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/riskassessment/index.htm or find a testing event near you! Friday, May 17, 2019 Uptown Community Services …

According to data from a 2017 publication from the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP), “Don’t Count on It”, the annual number of homeless individuals is 2.5 to 10.2 times greater than the numbers obtained through the national Point in Time Count ( PIT Count). In past PIT Counts of homeless persons, San …

During our March Spirit of the Barrio luncheon, Moving Forward and Opening New Doors, we highlighted the many ways Family Health Centers of San Diego is working to expand our communities’ health care safety net. Representatives from FHCSD’s mental health, substance use disorder and homeless services spoke about our programs moving into the future. Mental …

Sign up to be an organ, eye and tissue donor here! What Happens If You Become A Donor When you are admitted to the hospital the number one priority is to save your life. Two doctors not involved in organ and tissue donation must declare you brain dead before organ and tissue donation can be …

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month   What is colorectal cancer? Colorectal cancer occurs in the colon or rectum. Sometimes it is called colon cancer for short. Colorectal cancer, when discovered early, is highly treatable. Even if it spreads into nearby lymph nodes, surgical treatment followed by chemotherapy is highly effective. In the most …

Monday, February 11, 2019 By David Mitchell, AAFP Sarah Matthews, M.D., was fascinated by her undergraduate work with lasers in a University of Delaware physics lab, but she eventually realized it wasn’t where she was meant to be. “It was missing the human element and helping people, which was important to me,” she said. “I …