Program areas at NNCC
Nncc strives to keep the nation healthy through championing policies and programs that support community-based Nurse-Led Care and programs that enhance it, thereby strengthening community health center capacity to provide accessible, affordable, quality Care to 2.5 million vulnerable people in the u.s. This includes nurse-led, community-based services in the greater philadelphia, pa area.
Nncc is a member-based, professional organization that works with community-based health centers, academic practices, and independent Nurse-Led practices to keep the nation healthy by strengthening their capacity, growth and development to provide access to quality Care for the un- and under-insured and to eliminate health disparities. Nncc successfully promotes programs, applied research and policy solutions for members and stakeholders that enhance clinical health quality services and standards of Care.
Nncc provides technical assistance to and promotes information sharing among community-based health centers and private practices providing primary Care and wellness. In this way, nncc builds the capacity of clinical practices to provide quality, effective, sustainable Care to vulnerable communities through the use of nursing principles of Care. Training examples include: adoption and optimization of interdisciplinary Care teams, patient-centered coordinated Care, engagement of patients and families as partners in Care, working across the medical neighborhood, and more.
Nncc conducts applied research and builds the evidence-base for Nurse-Led Care and impact of nursing principles of practice transformation. Nncc used research and evidence to demonstrate and improve the quality of Care delivered by nurse-managed practices and other clinical practices. Nncc manages a health centered controlled network to boost the health information technology capacity of thirteen (13) primary Care centers across seven (7) states.