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  • Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc.

    Founded 1969

  • Organization info

    215-684-5344
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    1412-22 Fairmount Avenue
    Philadelphia, PA 19130
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  • Current Size

    Budget: $18
    Full-time employees: 225

  • Certifications

    • Joint Commission Standard Certified (first in Southeastern PA).
    • Member of Pennsylvania Association of Health Care Centers.

  • Awards & Honors

    • DVCH received an achievement award for improving the health of members with diabetes and heart disease from Health Partners
    • Physician Assistant Howard Bembry received the fighting asthma disparities award from the Community Asthma Prevention Program
    • Patricia Deitch received the Excellence in leadership award fromTemple University Healthcare Management Program
    • Registered PA Nonprofit
    • Tax Exempt

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Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc.

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Delaware Valley Community Health is a non-profit community health care system consisting of six health care centers that serve a mainly low income minority population and focus on chronic disease care 

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Our Purpose

Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc. (DVCH) is a private, non-profit organization which delivers community based, culturally competent, primary medical, dental, behavioral health and other supportive services to patients whether or not they have medical insurance.

Our Impact

During the 2010 calendar year, over 42,559 patients were provided with high quality health care services through 157,344 medical visits. 95% of the individuals served were below 100% of the poverty le

Key Programs

Primary Care Services
The provision of professional comprehensive health services that includes health education and disease prevention, initial assessment of health problems, treatment of acute and chronic health problems, and the overall management of an individual's or family's health care

Dental Health Services
The goal of dental health services is to emphasize oral health promotion/disease prevention, increase access to care, enhance oral health workforce and eliminate oral health disparities.

Behavioral Health Services
The Behavioral Health Model is a short intervention model that integrates primary care and behavioral health into a model of total health and wellness. This reduces the stigma involved as it becomes a part of a persons regularly scheduled health care that is provided onsite.

Leadership

Staff

Steve Tyson

Director of Development

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