Zufall Health Chief Medical Officer Rina Ramirez, MD, Appointed to National Board of Directors
Zufall Health Chief Medical Officer Rina Ramirez, MD, has been appointed to the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Board of Directors as a Region 2 Representative, effective October 1, 2024. NACHC is the leading advocacy organization representing the nation’s network of more than 1400 community health centers, which collectively care for 32.5 million patients. Community health centers look to NACHC for guidance on critical issues impacting patient care and...
Rina Ramirez, MD, Contributes to New Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Report
Community health centers (CHCs) across the U.S. have a new blueprint for providing sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents, thanks to a team of experts that includes Zufall Health Chief Medical Officer and Internal Medicine Physician Rina Ramirez, MD. Ramirez was selected as a key contributor to “Q4T (Quality for Teens): A Quality Improvement Package for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Care". A quality improvement package is a set of...
At Zufall Health, Substance Use Recovery is Part of Primary Care
Providing support for substance use disorders (SUDs), which involve the recurrent use of alcohol and/or drugs despite harmful consequences, is one of the many ways that Zufall Health helps patients achieve better health. Though SUDs can be managed, most people do not get help. Only 1.4 percent of the 41 million people in the U.S with a SUD in 2020 received treatment. Misconceptions about people with SUDs – that they are...
COVID Study Affirms Health Center Value
Community health centers like Zufall have assumed leadership roles in battling COVID-19 throughout the country over the last two years and now, a new study has confirmed their significant impact on reducing infections and saving lives. A joint analysis by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and Morehouse School of Medicine’s National COVID-19 Resiliency Network compared the rate of infection and mortality from COVID in areas with and without...
Un Estudio sobre el COVID Confirma la Importancia de nuestro Centro de Salud
Los centros de salud comunitarios, como Zufall, han asumido roles de liderazgo en la lucha contra el COVID-19 en todo el país durante los últimos dos años. Ahora, un nuevo estudio ha confirmado el efecto significativo que los centros médicos han tenido en la reducción de los contagios y en salvar vidas. Un análisis conjunto realizado por la Asociación Nacional de Centros de Salud Comunitarios (NACHC) y la Red Nacional...