Critical Expansion of Care-Albany Area of Primary Health Care Opens Vision Care Centers

摘要

Background According to a 2020 report entitled Integrating Eye Health and Vision Care for Underserved Populations into Primary Care Settings by the American Optometric Association and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, community health centers are uniquely positioned to improve access to eye health and vision care due to their reach in underserved communities and their emphasis in providing integrated, whole-person care to underserved populations.1 In a National Academies Health and Medicine Division report, Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow, the authors state that for many underserved and low-income communities, federally funded community and rural health centers may be the only source of eye and vision care services. Yet, most health centers are not equipped to provide comprehensive eye health and vision care.1