(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – Jessie Trice Community Health System (JTCHS) is proud to announce that it has earned the 2025 Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) Badge for Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). This recognition highlights JTCHS’s efforts to leveraging technology to improve patient care quality.

“We are absolutey thrilled to earn this prestigious badge,” said Dr. Joycelyn Lawrence, chief medical officer of JTCHS. “This recognition reflects our ongoing commitment to providing high-quality care for our patients. We understand the vital role technology plays in everyday life and are proud to remain at the forefront.”

CHQR badges recognize Health Center Program awardees and look-alikes (LALs) that have achieved quality improvements in areas of access, quality, health information technology, and health outcomes using Uniform Data System (UDS) data from the most recent reporting period. To receive the Advancing HIT for Quality Badge, JTCHS showcased its capabilities in providing telehealth services, exchanging clinical information online with key healthcare providers, engaging patients through HIT, and collecting data on patient health-related needs.

The Jessie Trice Community Health System, Inc. is one of Miami-Dade County's preeminent federally qualified community health care centers, governed by a remarkably dedicated Board of Directors (51% of which are users of the medical and dental services) and an incredibly talented, committed family of providers and staff. The 1st Federally Qualified Health Center in the state and 5th in the nation, Jessie Trice Community Health System, Inc., is a Florida 501 (c) 3, not-for-profit organization that has been serving Miami-Dade County since 1967. JTCHS served its first patients from a trailer. Now, more than fifty (50) years after its founding, JTCHS owns and operates eight (8) Comprehensive Primary Care centers, a 40 bed Women's Residential Center for substance use, and fifty nine (59) school-based health suites.

JTCHS knows and specializes in comprehensive health, offering a myriad of services to improve the health of the community. This includes: dentistry, family medicine, nutrition, behavioral health, transportation, pharmacy, healthy start, obstetric & gynecological care, school-based health, community health promotions, health & wellness center, pediatrics, and ancillary services. For more information on the Jessie Trice Community Health System, call 305-637-6400 or visit jtchs.org. In addition, to stay connected with news and information about their services and facilities, follow Jessie Trice Community Health System on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @JessieTriceCHS.

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