Pueblo Community Health Center (PCHC) is pleased to announce that they have been named a Health Center Quality Leader awardee by the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), a division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This award recognizes the highest performing health centers nationwide. As a Health Center Quality Leader, PCHC achieved the best overall clinical performance among all health centers nationally, placing in the top 20% for clinical quality measures for the second year in a row. Only five of 20 CHC’s in Colorado achieved this award.
PROVIDING PRIMARY CARE TO THOSE IN NEED
Pueblo Community Health Center (PCHC) offers a Patient-Centered Medical Home for all who seek care. Our practice model emphasizes a personal relationship with your Primary Care Provider (PCP). Your PCP leads and coordinates services with the help of a team of professionals. Our goal is simple: better care for you. We place importance on comprehensive, continuous attention to you, for your improved health outcomes.“Everyone was very professional, helpful, and seemed to have my best interest at heart!” Tony E., PCHC Patient
Extensive Care Options
Medical Services
Pueblo Community Health Center’s Board Certified family practice physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives offer the following services for you:
• Preventive care for children and adults
• Routine check-ups
• Immunizations
• Family planning and birth control
• Cancer screenings
• Care for acute and chronic illnesses
• Treatment for minor injuries
• Minor surgery
• Pharmacy
• Laboratory
Dental Services
Our dentists provide basic dental services for adult, adolescent, and pediatric patients. You must be a medical patient at Pueblo Community Health Center to receive dental care. Please call our Registration department at (719) 543-8711 for more information.
Prenatal Care/OB-GYN
A full range of comprehensive health services is available to women during and after pregnancy.
These services include the following:
- Free pregnancy tests
- Prenatal care and delivery
- Postpartum care
- Breastfeeding education support and assistance
- Newborn care
- Ultrasound, fetal monitoring, and complimentary 3D imaging
- Prematurity prevention sessions
- Childbirth classes
- Birth control
- Home visits
- Care provided by Certified Nurse Midwives or Physicians
- Supportive partnerships with local support programs
Behavioral Health Services
Licensed behavioral health therapists help our patients experiencing issues such as depression, anxiety, grief, and trauma.
Available behavioral health services include the following:
- Brief solution-focused therapy for individuals, families, and couples
- Psychotherapy
- Acudetox
- Group therapy including therapeutic and educational modalities
- Crisis intervention
- Access to psychiatric medication consultation
Comprehensive Care
Pueblo Community Health Center offers integrated care to its patients. This means coordinated medical, dental, and behavioral health care for all. With on-site podiatry (foot care), care coordination, pharmacies, and laboratories.
PCHC treats the “whole person” and all services required for you to achieve optimal health.
Behavioral Health Services
Pueblo Community Health Center employs licensed behavioral health providers who are passionate about assisting patients in achieving their goals for mental and emotional well-being. Behavioral health providers can offer solution-focused therapy for individuals, families, and couples, as well as psychotherapy, group therapy, Acudetox, crisis intervention, and access to psychiatric consultations. Please call (719) 543-8711 to schedule an appointment.
Patricia Quillen Presented with Southeastern Colorado AHEC Luminary Award
A total of 21 nurses from southeastern Colorado, including Patricia Quillen from Pueblo Community Health Center, were recognized for their extraordinary work and achievement in their field at the Southeastern Colorado Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Virtual Nightingale Nurse Recognition Event. Six nominees were presented the Southeastern Colorado AHEC Luminary Award and will go on to participate in the Colorado Nurses Foundation Virtual Nightingale Awards Gala on October 10, 2020.
Low Cost Sports Physicals Offered in Pueblo School Districts 60 and 70
Pueblo Community Health Center (PCHC) is again offering affordable sports physicals for athletes in both middle and high school enrolled in either Pueblo School Districts 60 or 70. Students do not need to be seen at the school that they attend.
Health Care Happenings
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