Services

Helping communities accelerate and sustain change locally

What We Do

Building research infrastructure that serves communities 

HEO provides education, tools,and resources to drive innovation for all communities. We showcase the return on investment of safety net providers to life science companies, foundations, and research organizations who are actively seeking partners.

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Whether you're a life science company, foundation, or community health center — HEO has a path forward for you.

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How We Work

We identify safety net providers interested in research, then provide tools and training to build infrastructure that lasts.

We are building a network of community health centers called the HONOR Initiative to bridge the gap between research and the populations that will benefit.

HONOR Initiative

A network of reliable, frontline partners

The HONOR Initiative is the unique HEO Research Network of community health centers across the US. The network represents over 100 urban and rural centers, covers over 1M patients, and includes widely diverse patient populations.

We HONOR this relationship by:

  • Prioritizing health equity as the overarching goal for understudied populations.
  • Ensuring all research activities result in sustainable solutions for the community.
  • Focusing locally on enhanced patient care, expanded resources, and a strengthened infrastructure.

Community health centers are a vital part of the healthcare ecosystem

  • Community health centers are excellent partners in research when seeking real world evidence to determine effective treatments and therapies in populations that are understudied.
  • Collaborative partnerships with local practitioners and populations improve patient experience, provider satisfaction and care giver engagement, resulting in better clinical outcomes.
  • They provide quality comprehensive care to over 30 million patients.
  • They created more than $63.4 billion in total economic activity.
  • They generated 455,000 jobs around the US.

Reference: NACHC Infographic: Community Health Centers are Economic Engines. 2020.