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About Clinical
Directors Network, Inc.
Clinical Directors Network, Inc. (CDN) is dedicated to providing
and improving comprehensive and accessible community-oriented primary
and preventive health care services for poor, minority, and underserved
populations. CDN is the only practice-based research network in
the country devoted to providing primary care research opportunities
to medically underserved populations.
CDN was founded
in 1985 as a professional peer organization, based on the demonstrated
effectiveness of peer-initiated activities in promoting health care
excellence, assuring and improving quality, and containing costs.
CDN operates as a private, not-for-profit corporation, by and for
an extensive network or current and future Community/Migrant Health
Center (C/MHC) Clinical Leaders.
CDN currently
works with C/MHCs in New York, New Jersey, Maine, Connecticut, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia,
Florida, Oklahoma, Utah, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and
Washington DC.
CDN works in
partnership with many governmental not-for-profit and for-profit
organizations and has a for-profit subsidary, Quality Professional
Systems Development, Inc. (QPSD).
Why Clinical
Networks?
Clinical Networks offer members access to peers who collect and
share information, skills, and technical assistance. Within their
communities, members introduce the latest developments in clinical
and health services education, including Total Quality Management/Continuous
Quality Improvement (TQM/CQI), re-engineering, managed care, and
practice-based research.
CDN Mission
and Values
We are a Network of Primary Care Clinicians. We exist to:
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Provide peer support through training and education
· Advocate for and to provide a clinical perpective in the
administration and management of Community/Migrant Health Centers
· Develop and promote new practice models for clinicians
that integrate patient care with teaching, education, and research
· Advocate for meeting the health needs of underserved populations
while providing quality health care for all
· Support clinicians who serve these populations
We believe:
· that community access to high quality health care is a
right for all people
· in improved access to high quality health care for minorities
and underserved populations
· that the Community/Migrant Health Center is the best model
for the delivery of primary health care
· in collaborative management for C/MHCs
· that practicing in a C/MHC is a viable, desirable career
choice for clinicians
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