Primary Health Solutions Celebrates National Health Center Week

PRESS RELEASE – for immediate release                                 July 26, 2011

Primary Health Solutions Celebrates National Health Center Week

Hamilton- In celebration of National Health Center Week (August 7^th -13^th), Primary Health Solutions (PHS) will sponsor an informational booth on the plaza in front of the Government Services Building at 345 High St. in Hamilton on Wednesday, August 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Staff from PHS, Butler County WIC and Butler Behavioral Health Services will be on hand to meet the public, hand out bottled water and answer questions about our services.

Primary Health Solutions is a non-profit, locally-governed health center, with locations in Hamilton and Middletown, which serves thousands of local patients each year who would otherwise go without medical or dental  treatment.  Primary Health Solutions provides comprehensive, quality healthcare to Butler County residents, offering primary care, dental services, pediatrics and behavioral health. Primary Health Solutions’ patients range from newborns to seniors and we provide bi-lingual staff at all locations to accommodate our Spanish speaking patients. PHS also sponsors the Butler County WIC (Womens, Infants, Children) Program and partners with Butler Behavioral Health Services to provide behavioral health services for our patients.  

"Celebrating America's Health Centers: Serving Locally, Leading Nationally" is the theme for National Health Center Week 2011. This theme highlights the more than 45 year record of Health Centers in providing affordable, high quality, cost-effective health care to all people, regardless of ability to pay. One of the bright spots in America’s health care system, health centers provide a health care home to over 23 million people at 8,000 sites nationwide.  Locally, Primary Health Solutions provided care for more than 11,000 patients in 2010.  The “health center”  model of care has been rated as one of the most effective programs by then-President George W. Bush’s Office of Management and Budget. Indeed, presidents from both parties and Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have long-recognized the value of health centers and supported their expansion.  Health centers are on track to expand their care to 40 million people over the next five years.  With more health care homes in communities, we can reduce health care costs and unnecessary hospitalizations and visits to the hospital emergency rooms.  According to the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), there are 60 million people in the country with limited or no access to primary care providers – a trend that shows no sign of improving with the economic recession.

For additional information or to arrange an interview with PHS staff please contact Chris Suits (Human Resources Director) at 513-454-1460 or at chrissu@myprimaryhealthsolutions.org . You can also visit our website: www.myprimaryhealthsolutions.org  or the following website to find out more about National Health Center Week www.healthcenterweek.org .