About Us
Central Colorado AHEC is a community-based non-profit organization driven by the priority needs of the communities that it serves in 11 counties of: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Gilpin, and Jefferson.
Our Vision:
“A healthy and informed populace served by a well educated, diverse work force in an accessible health care delivery system.”
Mission:
To provide educational programs through academic-community partnerships to address the needs of the health workforce as well as the under and uninsured in central Colorado.
Values :
- Every citizen/organization involved will be healthier.
- A strong academic-community partnership.
- Access to comprehensive care for all.
- An adequate health workforce.
- Maximize utilization of resources.
- Data will drive decisions.
Goals:
- To improve the distribution and retention of healthcare providers
- To increase the representation of under-represented and disadvantaged groups in all health disciplines.
- To address the healthcare needs of under-served counties and populations.
- To enhance the quality of care and improve health outcomes.
The Central Colorado Area Health Education Center exists to help local people in the planning, developing and delivering educational programs; facilitating the placement of allied health, dental, medical, nursing, pharmacy, and human service students in urban clinical practical and improving the distribution , quality, utilization and efficiency of health service personnel, especially in urban and medically underserved areas of central Colorado.
The Central Colorado AHEC accomplishes its mission by providing educational services, technical assistance or capacity building for health care and human service providers, community leaders, businesses, institutions, agencies, organizations, consumers and government entities in its catchments area.
The Central Colorado AHEC operates under the direction of a regional board of directors appointed from local communities and professional constituent organizations in central Colorado. Central Colorado AHEC works in partnership with four other Area Health Educations Centers in concert with the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, as well as other state agencies and institutions.
One of the Colorado AHEC program’s primary missions is the overall improvement of the health status of the residents and communities within the state and especially to support the development of access to healthcare for medically under-served and uninsured residents of Colorado. To that end, for more than 30 years the AHEC/UCD system has supported the development of health professionals to serve in rural, medically under-served and health professional shortage areas of the state.
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Central CO AHEC office is now located on the Anschutz Medical campus of the University of Colorado Denver in the building called Education 2 North. There is visitor parking north of the building in the Georgetown lot.
