As a Level 3, Patient-Centered Medical Home and a Federally Qualified Community Health Center, Sixteenth Street Community Health Centersare committed to providing accessible, innovative, linguistically appropriate and economically affordable health care for the residents of Milwaukee’s south side neighborhoods and to the people of Waukesha. As a Community Health Center, Sixteenth Street reports health care quality measures annually to the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Primary Health Care.

These measures include:

Trimester of Entry into Prenatal Care In 2012 76% of patients entered pre-natal care in the first trimester

Childhood Immunizations 89% of children under age two were up-to-date with immunizations

Cervical Cancer Screening 79% of women were screened for cervical cancer

Hypertension under Control 77% of patients had their hypertension under control

Diabetes under Control 70% of patients with diabetes had A1c levels under 9

Low Birth Weight 8% of babies delivered by Sixteenth Street providers were below normal birthweight