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A Community-Focused Health Care Organization

Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc. (DVCH) is a private, non-profit organization which delivers community based, culturally competent, primary medical, dental and behavioral health care services to patients whether or not they have medical insurance. For over 40 years, DVCH has been the safety net provider for Latino and African- American communities in North Philadelphia.

DVCH currently operates six Federally Qualified Health Centers in Southeastern Pennsylvania: Fairmount Primary Care Center (and its three satellite centers); Maria de los Santos Health Center, Norristown Regional Health Center; and Parkview Health Center. At all of our health centers the physicians, dentists, midlevel providers, nurses, social workers, counselors, health educators and support staff work together to improve the health status of our patients and communities.

DVCH patients are encouraged to share comments and concerns about the quality of healthcare that they receive at any of our health centers by contacting management or the Joint Commission on Health Care - Ambulatory Division. Please see the patient rights tab for more information.

DVCH and its health centers are a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n).

 

News

Delaware Vallley Community Health receives grant from Independence Blue Cross Foundation

The Independence Blue Cross Foundation recently announced that Delaware Valley Community Health was named as one of the health care organizations who receivied grants from their Blue Safety Net Initiative. "We are proud to support these clinics, which for many people is their only source of primary care," said foundation president Lorina Marshall-Blake. The regular treatments and check-ups they receive keep them out of the emergency rooms and help them avoid very costly specialty care that is often needed when chronic conditions, like diabetes or heart disease, go untreated. Supporting clinics not only keeps people well and out of the ER, but it also saves our region millions of dollars by preventing unnecessary and expensive care."

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Read how Rafael Reyes, a Security Guard with Delaware Valley Community Health, collected 2,500 petition signatures over just a few weeks time!

 

How to start a petition and/or letter drive at my health center: Part 2 | blog.saveourchcs.org

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This blog post is part of an 8-week series leading up to the 2012 Policy & Issues Forum, March 21-25. The series is designed to complement the guide Signing On: A Prescription for Success by providing practical information for health center advocates beginning or continuing a petition/letter drive...


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