A CHC advocate is an avid supporter of Community Health Centers (CHCs) who promotes policy favorable to CHCs by speaking up and telling elected and other government officials what legislative, regulatory, and funding changes are needed to strengthen and expand access to

A community health center is a non profit, community owned health care organization serving low income and medically underserved communities.  For more than 40 years, the national network of community health centers (also known as federally qualified health centers) provides

A Conference Committee is made up of appointed House and Senate members to work out the differences in an appropriations bill.  The Conference Committee issues its recommendations which then must be returned to each chamber for approval.

An electronic health record (EHR) refers to an individual patient's medical record in digital format. Electronic health record systems co ordinate the storage and retrieval of individual records with the aid of computers. EHRs are usually accessed on a computer, often over

  Health information exchange is defined as the mobilization of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a region or community.   HIE provides the capability to electronically move clinical information between disparate health information systems while maintaining the meaning of

The lawmaking body of the state in Alaska, composed of 40 representatives elected to two year terms and 20 senators elected to four year terms from districts based on population.  Each Legislature has a duration of two years, encompassing two

A person who is employed or who contract to communicate with public officials for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action. In Alaska, a person who spend more that 10 hours per month inflluencing the legislative or administrative process