We are pleased to announce that Affinity received the following Quality Improvement Awards from HRSA, all of which come with additional grant funding to support our quality initiatives:

• Clinical Quality Improver Award (Made at least 10% improvement in one or more clinical quality measures between 2016 and 2017)
• Enhancing Access to Care Award (Increased the total number of patients served and the number of patients receiving comprehensive services between 2016 and 2017)
• Delivering High Value Health Care Award (Improved the delivery of cost efficient care as compared with the national average while also increasing quality of care and improving patient access to comprehensive services (we were the only health center in South Carolina to receive this award!)
• Advancing Health Information Technology Award (Utilized health information technology systems to increase access to care and advance quality of care)
• Achieving Patient Center Medical Home Recognition Award (achieved PCMH recognition)

Learn more about Health Center Quality Improvement Grant Awards in South Carolina on hrsa.gov

Join us Thursday 10/4/18 at 4:00 pm to kick off our first MBSR session in our new building. Learn how Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can help you live better and become happier by practicing simple techniques proven to reduce chronic pain, depression, anxiety, and stress. Try this 8 week MBSR course for yourself and start living a better happier life.

• Learn a scientifically proven drug free method to reduce levels of stress chemicals in the body.
• Slow mind chatter allowing you to focus with a simple technique you can use anytime, anywhere.
• Discover one simple practice that can alleviate pain and allow you to more easily cope with chronic health conditions.

This free course meets twice a week for 8 weeks through 11/29/18. Participation is open to all community members, you do not have to be a patient of Affinity Health Center to attend. Bring an open mind and wear comfortable clothes. Space is limited.

Contact Katie Laney at 803-909-9717 or Lane Brafford at 803-909-9709 to reserve your spot and start reducing your stress.

Tuesdays & Thursdays
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Starts Thursday, October 4th.

Session Dates:

• Thursday 10/4
• Tuesday 10/9
• Thursday 10/11
• Tuesday 10/16
• Thursday 10/18
• Tuesday 10/23
• Thursday 10/25
• Tuesday 10/30
• Thursday 11/1
• Tuesday 11/6
• Thursday 11/8
• Tuesday 11/13
• Thursday 11/16
• Tuesday 11/20
• No Class on Thanksgiving
• Tuesday 11/27
• Thursday 11/29

About 300 guests, community partners, community members, Affinity staff and event sponsors gathered to celebrate a new vision of community health in Rock Hill during our Open House. Thanks to everyone for making it an evening to remember. The live music was a treat. Chef Rob and crew from Kre8 Xperiences wowed everyone with the inventive eats. Those that toured the building will enjoy an update: Avita Pharmacy, conveniently located in the lobby, opens tomorrow and dental services will start in our new building next week. Thanks to so many local artists that attended and lent their talents to not only dress our walls, but to emphasize our commitment to serving this community. A special thanks to Terry Roueche and several guests for taking and sharing photos of the event. Thank you to our sponsors for making our Open House a success!

Celebrate a new vision of community health during our Open House on Thursday, July 26th from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Hear about expanded services coming soon including in house pharmacy and full time onsite dental. Take a tour of the new facility. Enjoy live music and food by Chef Rob while getting to know our community partners, board, patients and staff.

Thank You Sponsors!

We’re grateful to our event sponsors for making our Open House celebration possible. These sponsors, along with the commitment of our community partners, do so much to support our mission of providing quality comprehensive healthcare with compassion, dignity and respect. We would like to extend a special thank you to our Vision Sponsor Avita Pharmacy.

Staff from all four Affinity Health Center sites welcome you to our new main site facility in Rock Hill. We’re excited about being able to serve more patients in our beautiful new space. The new building is open for business and seeing patients now. Stop by, we’re just down the street from our previous location on Lakeshore Parkway. Look for announcements on expanded dental services and the opening of an on-site pharmacy in the coming months.

Finishing touches are being made and we’re almost ready to move. Our main site in Rock Hill will be closed to move Thursday, June 21st and Friday, June 22nd. We will reopen at our new location on Monday, June 25th. Limited sick appointments will be available June 25-29. We’ll be moving just around the bend in the same office park. Here are a few things to help make the transition as smooth as possible:

• We will be answering phones on June 21 & 22
• The Clover satellite site will be open June 21 & 22
• Our new address: 455 Lakeshore Pkwy., Rock Hill, SC 29730

Affinity Health Center is looking for several works by local artists. Artwork may be realistic or abstract and should be suitable as focal pieces in our new 30,000 sq. ft. facility. Artwork may be purchased by Affinity, donated by the artist, or loaned for display. Affinity is a non-profit community health center looking for positive, uplifting images to greet our patients. Artwork submitted should reflect our mission of providing high quality comprehensive care with compassion, dignity and respect.

Deadline for submissions is July 10, 2018

Guidelines: Artwork will be judged on artistic merit, originality, creativity and how well it supports the theme “compassion, dignity and respect”. Artwork can be any subject (landscapes, portraits, still lifes, etc.) as long as the theme is portrayed. A panel of judges will select pieces. Number of pieces chosen will be determined by price/budget constraints. Chosen artists must complete a purchase, donation or loan agreement with Affinity Health Center with pieces delivered by July 15, 2018.

Restrictions: All artwork must be original and must be created entirely by the artist(s).
Any artwork that depicts copyrighted images will be rejected. For example, no artworks depicting characters from television shows, movies, video games, or books.

Email Submissions to: acase@affinityhealthcenter.org by 5:00 pm July 10, 2018.
Attach or send a link to a .jpg, .png, .gif, or .pdf image of your artwork. Include your full name, phone number, brief description of your artwork that includes medium used to create the work, dimensions, title, and purchase price. Questions may be addressed to the same email. To learn more about Affinity Health Center, visit affinityhealthcenter.org or stop by 455 Lakeshore Pkwy., Rock Hill, SC 29730.

We are so excited about moving into our new home in June.  In case you have not seen the new Affinity Health Center under construction, we will be moving to 455 Lakeshore Parkway (just down the road from our current building).  We will close on June 21 and June 22 to move everything.  We will open in our new location on Monday, June 25.

We will be expanding our ability to serve you better, including a LOT more parking!

Beginning in July, we will begin having dental services available 25 hours/week with plans to have a full-time dental clinic beginning in September.

In the fall of 2018, we will be opening a pharmacy on-site, operated by Avita/MedExpress.  We are so excited to make accessing medications easier and more convenient for our patients. The pharmacy team will also be able to partner with our medical staff, case managers and YOU to assist with medication adherence or any challenges with medications.

We will have 24 exam rooms to grow into at the new facility. This will allow for us to serve you with less wait time since each doctor/nurse practitioner will have a set of three exam rooms to use.

If you’re living with HIV and live in York, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Union, Cabarrus, or Anson counties surrounding Charlotte, you can help improve HIV services by participating in a needs assessment survey. The survey is available online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5DPH6TT or by phone by calling 1-800-451-6009. Those completing the survey will be offered a $10 food card for participating.

We’re honored to have had Congressman Ralph Norman stop by Affinity Health Center today to see our organization in action and learn more about the important work we do. Community health centers have been a vital part of America’s health care system since the 1960’s and have received over 50 years of bipartisan support.