# Community Health Organization

*/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization*

## Company Type Bmc Profile

**Size**: [Mid Market](/CompanySize/Mid_Market)
**Uses Tool**:
- [Examination Tables](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Products/Examination_Tables)
- [Vaccine Refrigerators](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Products/Vaccine_Refrigerators)
- [Blood Pressure Monitors](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Products/Blood_Pressure_Monitors)
**Governance**: [Board Approval](/DecisionStructure/Board_Approval)
**Operates In**:
- [Ambulatory Health Care](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Industries/Ambulatory_Health_Care)
- [Social Assistance](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Industries/Social_Assistance)
**Supplied By**:
- [Medical Supply Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Medical_Supply_Distributor)
**Supplies To**:
- [Medicaid Managed Care Plan](/CompanyTypes/Medicaid_Managed_Care_Plan)
**Designation**: none
**Core Activity**:
- [Delivering Primary Care To Underserved Patients](/Activities/Delivering_Primary_Care_To_Underserved_Patients)
- [Running Vaccination Outreach Clinics](/Activities/Running_Vaccination_Outreach_Clinics)
- [Deploying Community Health Workers](/Activities/Deploying_Community_Health_Workers)
- [Screening For Chronic Disease](/Activities/Screening_For_Chronic_Disease)
**Outsourced To**:
- [Clinical Laboratory](/CompanyTypes/Clinical_Laboratory)
**Signature Role**:
- [Community Health Worker](/JobTypes/Community_Health_Worker)
- [Family Nurse Practitioner](/JobTypes/Family_Nurse_Practitioner)
- [Care Coordinator](/JobTypes/Care_Coordinator)
**Demands Service**:
- [Clinical Laboratory Service](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Services/Clinical_Laboratory_Service)
- [Medical Supply Distribution](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Services/Medical_Supply_Distribution)
- [Electronic Health Record Hosting](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Services/Electronic_Health_Record_Hosting)
- [Interpreter Services](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Services/Interpreter_Services)
**Serves Industry**:
- [Healthcare](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Industries/Healthcare)
- [Government](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Industries/Government)
**Provides Service**:
- [Primary Care](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Services/Primary_Care)
- [Preventive Screening](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Services/Preventive_Screening)
- [Community Health Education](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Organization/Services/Community_Health_Education)
**Operational Model**: [Corporate Multi Unit](/OperationalModel/Corporate_Multi_Unit)
**Signature Process**:
- [Patient Eligibility Sliding Scale Determination](/Processes/Patient_Eligibility_Sliding_Scale_Determination)
- [Health Screening Campaign](/Processes/Health_Screening_Campaign)
- [Care Coordination Referral](/Processes/Care_Coordination_Referral)
- [Population Health Reporting](/Processes/Population_Health_Reporting)
**Outsources Process**:
- [Specialty Lab Testing](/Processes/Specialty_Lab_Testing)
- [Medical Billing](/Processes/Medical_Billing)
**Holds Accreditation**:
- Federally Qualified Health Center Designation

## Neighborhood

### Supplied by

- [Parent Education Provider](/CompanyTypes/Parent_Education_Provider) — supplies to · CompanyTypes

### Related (forward integrates into)

- [Community Services Organization](/CompanyTypes/Community_Services_Organization) — forward integrates into · CompanyTypes

### Related (outsourced to)

- [Plan, organize, or maintain dental health programs.](/Tasks/Plan,_organize,_or_maintain_dental_health_programs.) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Collaborate with social service and health care professionals to advise individuals and families on ...](/Tasks/Collaborate_with_social_service_and_health_care_professionals_to_advise_individuals_and_families_on_...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Develop or teach strategies to promote client wellness and independence.](/Tasks/Develop_or_teach_strategies_to_promote_client_wellness_and_independence.) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Collaborate with community agencies to establish facilities and programs for persons with disabiliti...](/Tasks/Collaborate_with_community_agencies_to_establish_facilities_and_programs_for_persons_with_disabiliti...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Advocate for individual or community health needs with government agencies or health service provide...](/Tasks/Advocate_for_individual_or_community_health_needs_with_government_agencies_or_health_service_provide...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Refer community members to needed health services.](/Tasks/Refer_community_members_to_needed_health_services.) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Refer clients to services, such as eye care, health care, rehabilitation, and counseling, to enhance...](/Tasks/Refer_clients_to_services,_such_as_eye_care,_health_care,_rehabilitation,_and_counseling,_to_enhance...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Plan and conduct programs to combat social problems, prevent substance abuse, or improve community h...](/Tasks/Plan_and_conduct_programs_to_combat_social_problems,_prevent_substance_abuse,_or_improve_community_h...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the ove...](/Tasks/Work_with_individuals,_groups,_or_families_to_plan_or_implement_programs_designed_to_improve_the_ove...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Refer patient, client, or family to community resources to assist in recovery from mental or physica...](/Tasks/Refer_patient,_client,_or_family_to_community_resources_to_assist_in_recovery_from_mental_or_physica...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Refer patient, client, or family to community resources for housing or treatment to assist in recove...](/Tasks/Refer_patient,_client,_or_family_to_community_resources_for_housing_or_treatment_to_assist_in_recove...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Educate clients or community members about mental or physical illness, abuse, medication, or availab...](/Tasks/Educate_clients_or_community_members_about_mental_or_physical_illness,_abuse,_medication,_or_availab...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Observe clients' food selections and recommend alternate economical and nutritional food choices.](/Tasks/Observe_clients'_food_selections_and_recommend_alternate_economical_and_nutritional_food_choices.) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home...](/Tasks/Assess_the_needs_of_individuals,_families,_or_communities,_including_assessment_of_individuals'_home...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Provide guidance to agencies and organizations on assessment of health education needs and on develo...](/Tasks/Provide_guidance_to_agencies_and_organizations_on_assessment_of_health_education_needs_and_on_develo...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Provide patients with contraceptive and family planning information.](/Tasks/Provide_patients_with_contraceptive_and_family_planning_information.) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Provide patients or caregivers with assistance in locating health care resources.](/Tasks/Provide_patients_or_caregivers_with_assistance_in_locating_health_care_resources.) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities,...](/Tasks/Interview_clients_individually,_in_families,_or_in_groups,_assessing_their_situations,_capabilities,...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Plan or implement follow-up or aftercare programs for clients to be discharged from treatment progra...](/Tasks/Plan_or_implement_follow-up_or_aftercare_programs_for_clients_to_be_discharged_from_treatment_progra...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Assess individual or community needs for educational or social services.](/Activities/Assess_individual_or_community_needs_for_educational_or_social_services.) — outsourced to · Activities
- [Provide special services such as alcohol and drug prevention programs and classes that teach student...](/Tasks/Provide_special_services_such_as_alcohol_and_drug_prevention_programs_and_classes_that_teach_student...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Design and implement student health services](/Processes/Design_and_implement_student_health_services) — outsourced to · Processes
- [Provide teen parenting programs](/Processes/Provide_teen_parenting_programs) — outsourced to · Processes

### Uses tool

- [Vaccine Cold-Chain Refrigerators](/Products/Vaccine_Cold-Chain_Refrigerators) — uses tool · Products
- [Blood pressure monitor](/Products/Blood_pressure_monitor) — uses tool · Products
- [Electronic health record EHR software](/Products/Electronic_health_record_EHR_software) — uses tool · Products
- [Examination Tables](/Products/Examination_Tables) — uses tool · Products
- [Point-of-Care Diagnostic Devices](/Products/Point-of-Care_Diagnostic_Devices) — uses tool · Products
- [Patient Scheduling System](/Products/Patient_Scheduling_System) — uses tool · Products
- [Mobile Health Clinic Van](/Products/Mobile_Health_Clinic_Van) — uses tool · Products
- [Diagnostic Examination Equipment](/Products/Diagnostic_Examination_Equipment) — uses tool · Products
- [Portable Health Screening Stations](/Products/Portable_Health_Screening_Stations) — uses tool · Products
- [Glucometers](/Products/Glucometers) — uses tool · Products
- [Outreach Event Canopies](/Products/Outreach_Event_Canopies) — uses tool · Products

### Industries where this operates

- [Ambulatory Health Care Services](/Industries/Ambulatory_Health_Care_Services) — operates in · Industries
- [Other Ambulatory Health Care Services](/Industries/Other_Ambulatory_Health_Care_Services) — operates in · Industries
- [Outpatient Care Centers](/Industries/Outpatient_Care_Centers) — operates in · Industries
- [Social Assistance](/Industries/Social_Assistance) — operates in · Industries

### Serves industry

- [Health Care Services](/Industries/Health_Care_Services) — serves industry · Industries
- [Government](/Industries/Government) — serves industry · Industries
- [Social Services](/Industries/Social_Services) — serves industry · Industries
- [Public Health](/Industries/Public_Health) — serves industry · Industries
- [Health Care and Social Assistance](/Industries/Health_Care_and_Social_Assistance) — serves industry · Industries
- [Public Administration](/Industries/Public_Administration) — serves industry · Industries

### Provides

- [Preventive Health Screenings](/Services/Preventive_Health_Screenings) — provides · Services
- [Primary Care](/Services/Primary_Care) — provides · Services
- [Community Health Education](/Services/Community_Health_Education) — provides · Services
- [Health Education and Outreach](/Services/Health_Education_and_Outreach) — provides · Services
- [Community Primary Care](/Services/Community_Primary_Care) — provides · Services
- [Preventive Health Screening](/Services/Preventive_Health_Screening) — provides · Services
- [Community Health Worker Outreach](/Services/Community_Health_Worker_Outreach) — provides · Services
- [Health Education Programming](/Services/Health_Education_Programming) — provides · Services
- [Public Health Program Implementation](/Services/Public_Health_Program_Implementation) — provides · Services
- [Screening and Referral Services](/Services/Screening_and_Referral_Services) — provides · Services

### Demands service

- [Payroll services](/Services/Payroll_services) — demands service · Services
- [Mobile Health Testing Unit Leasing](/Services/Mobile_Health_Testing_Unit_Leasing) — demands service · Services
- [Medical Equipment and Supply Distribution](/Services/Medical_Equipment_and_Supply_Distribution) — demands service · Services
- [Medical Interpretation Service](/Services/Medical_Interpretation_Service) — demands service · Services
- [Interpreters](/Services/Interpreters) — demands service · Services
- [Clinical Laboratory Services](/Services/Clinical_Laboratory_Services) — demands service · Services
- [Laboratory Testing](/Services/Laboratory_Testing) — demands service · Services
- [Pharmacy Services](/Services/Pharmacy_Services) — demands service · Services
- [Electronic Health Record Hosting](/Services/Electronic_Health_Record_Hosting) — demands service · Services
- [Pharmaceutical Supply](/Services/Pharmaceutical_Supply) — demands service · Services
- [Grant Writing Services](/Services/Grant_Writing_Services) — demands service · Services
- [Health Communications Design Services](/Services/Health_Communications_Design_Services) — demands service · Services

### Outsources process

- [Specialized Diagnostic Testing](/Processes/Specialized_Diagnostic_Testing) — outsources process · Processes
- [Payroll and Compliance Administration](/Processes/Payroll_and_Compliance_Administration) — outsources process · Processes
- [Medical Claims Billing](/Processes/Medical_Claims_Billing) — outsources process · Processes
- [Clinical Pathology Testing](/Processes/Clinical_Pathology_Testing) — outsources process · Processes
- [Financial Statement Audit](/Processes/Financial_Statement_Audit) — outsources process · Processes
- [Laboratory Testing](/Processes/Laboratory_Testing) — outsources process · Processes

### Signature process

- [Sliding-Fee Scale Eligibility Determination](/Processes/Sliding-Fee_Scale_Eligibility_Determination) — signature process · Processes
- [Care Coordination and Navigation](/Processes/Care_Coordination_and_Navigation) — signature process · Processes
- [Care Coordination and Referral](/Processes/Care_Coordination_and_Referral) — signature process · Processes
- [Sliding Scale Fee Administration](/Processes/Sliding_Scale_Fee_Administration) — signature process · Processes
- [Population Health Reporting](/Processes/Population_Health_Reporting) — signature process · Processes
- [Health Screening Campaign](/Processes/Health_Screening_Campaign) — signature process · Processes
- [Coordinating Community Health Worker Outreach](/Processes/Coordinating_Community_Health_Worker_Outreach) — signature process · Processes
- [Delivering Integrated Primary and Behavioral Care](/Processes/Delivering_Integrated_Primary_and_Behavioral_Care) — signature process · Processes
- [Operating Federally Qualified Health Clinics](/Processes/Operating_Federally_Qualified_Health_Clinics) — signature process · Processes
- [Coordinating Referrals to External Providers](/Processes/Coordinating_Referrals_to_External_Providers) — signature process · Processes
- [Community Health Needs Assessment](/Processes/Community_Health_Needs_Assessment) — signature process · Processes
- [Health Screening Event Operations](/Processes/Health_Screening_Event_Operations) — signature process · Processes
- [Public Health Grant Reporting](/Processes/Public_Health_Grant_Reporting) — signature process · Processes

### Has operational model

- [Corporate Multi Unit](/OperationalModel/Corporate_Multi_Unit) — has operational model · OperationalModel
- [Team Owned](/OperationalModel/Team_Owned) — has operational model · OperationalModel

### Core activity

- [Screening For Chronic Disease](/Activities/Screening_For_Chronic_Disease) — core activity · Activities
- [Running Vaccination Outreach Clinics](/Activities/Running_Vaccination_Outreach_Clinics) — core activity · Activities
- [Deploying Community Health Workers](/Activities/Deploying_Community_Health_Workers) — core activity · Activities
- [Delivering Primary Care To Underserved Patients](/Activities/Delivering_Primary_Care_To_Underserved_Patients) — core activity · Activities
- [Operating Sliding Scale Community Clinics](/Activities/Operating_Sliding_Scale_Community_Clinics) — core activity · Activities
- [Running Preventive and Outreach Health Programs](/Activities/Running_Preventive_and_Outreach_Health_Programs) — core activity · Activities
- [Running Community Health Outreach Programs](/Activities/Running_Community_Health_Outreach_Programs) — core activity · Activities
- [Deploying Community Health Workers into Underserved Households](/Activities/Deploying_Community_Health_Workers_into_Underserved_Households) — core activity · Activities
- [Connecting Residents to Clinical and Social Services Through Referral Navigation](/Activities/Connecting_Residents_to_Clinical_and_Social_Services_Through_Referral_Navigation) — core activity · Activities
- [Running Neighborhood Health Education and Screening Campaigns](/Activities/Running_Neighborhood_Health_Education_and_Screening_Campaigns) — core activity · Activities

### Signature role

- [Family Nurse Practitioner](/JobTypes/Family_Nurse_Practitioner) — signature role · JobTypes
- [Care Coordinator](/JobTypes/Care_Coordinator) — signature role · JobTypes
- [Outreach Nurse](/JobTypes/Outreach_Nurse) — signature role · JobTypes
- [Primary Care Physician](/JobTypes/Primary_Care_Physician) — signature role · JobTypes
- [Community Health Worker](/JobTypes/Community_Health_Worker) — signature role · JobTypes
- [Health Educator](/JobTypes/Health_Educator) — signature role · JobTypes
- [Outreach Specialist](/JobTypes/Outreach_Specialist) — signature role · JobTypes
- [Program Manager](/JobTypes/Program_Manager) — signature role · JobTypes

### Supplies to

- [Public Health Department](/CompanyTypes/Public_Health_Department) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Medicaid Managed Care Plan](/CompanyTypes/Medicaid_Managed_Care_Plan) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Uninsured Patient](/CompanyTypes/Uninsured_Patient) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Hospital System Contractor](/CompanyTypes/Hospital_System_Contractor) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Managed Care Organization](/CompanyTypes/Managed_Care_Organization) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Public Health Agency Contractor](/CompanyTypes/Public_Health_Agency_Contractor) — supplies to · CompanyTypes

### Supplied by

- [Clinical Laboratory](/CompanyTypes/Clinical_Laboratory) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Pharmaceutical Wholesaler](/CompanyTypes/Pharmaceutical_Wholesaler) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Medical Supply Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Medical_Supply_Distributor) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Pharmaceutical Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Pharmaceutical_Distributor) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Medical Supplies Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Medical_Supplies_Distributor) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Print Shop](/CompanyTypes/Print_Shop) — supplied by · CompanyTypes

### Has size

- [Mid Market](/CompanySize/Mid_Market) — has size · CompanySize
- [Small](/CompanySize/Small) — has size · CompanySize

### Forward integrates into

- [Integrated Health System](/CompanyTypes/Integrated_Health_System) — forward integrates into · CompanyTypes
- [Community Health Clinic](/CompanyTypes/Community_Health_Clinic) — forward integrates into · CompanyTypes

### Outsourced to

- [Medical Billing Company](/CompanyTypes/Medical_Billing_Company) — outsourced to · CompanyTypes
- [Payroll Services Provider](/CompanyTypes/Payroll_Services_Provider) — outsourced to · CompanyTypes

### Has governance model

- [Board Approval](/DecisionStructure/Board_Approval) — has governance model · DecisionStructure

### Problems this exposes

- [language-access and interpreter coordination per visit strains scheduling](/Problems/language-access_and_interpreter_coordination_per_visit_strains_scheduling) — exposes problem · Problems
- [social-determinant referrals to partner orgs have no closed-loop confirmation](/Problems/social-determinant_referrals_to_partner_orgs_have_no_closed-loop_confirmation) — exposes problem · Problems
- [UDS and HRSA reporting reconciliation across programs is annual and painful](/Problems/UDS_and_HRSA_reporting_reconciliation_across_programs_is_annual_and_painful) — exposes problem · Problems
- [uninsured/sliding-scale eligibility screening is manual per encounter](/Problems/uninsured%2Fsliding-scale_eligibility_screening_is_manual_per_encounter) — exposes problem · Problems
- [community health worker visit documentation lives outside the clinical EHR](/Problems/community_health_worker_visit_documentation_lives_outside_the_clinical_EHR) — exposes problem · Problems
- [grant reporting to multiple funders each demands a different outcome-metric schema](/Problems/grant_reporting_to_multiple_funders_each_demands_a_different_outcome-metric_schema) — exposes problem · Problems