The Georgia Primary Care Association's Health Center Controlled Network includes 35 of our state's health centers.  We are one of the 49 organizations funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the 2025 HCCN competitive award. The GPCA HCCN has been providing members training, technical assistance, and health information technology services for over 24 years.

Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) are networks of health centers and look-alikes that work together to strengthen and leverage health information technology (IT) to improve health centers' operational and clinical practices that result in better health outcomes for the communities they serve.  HCCNs use HRSA funding to support health centers in leveraging health IT and data to deliver high-quality and comprehensive primary health care, with a specific focus on improvements in:

• Clinical quality and health outcomes,
• Security and privacy of patient information,
• Data Management and Analytics, 
• Use of data to improve patient care and services,
• Patient-centered, value-based care, and
• Provider and staff well-being.

HCCNs are at least majority controlled and at least majority owned by Health Center Program (H80) award recipients.  Our HCCN participating members provide health care services in the state of Georgia.

In addition to working hand-in-hand with the Georgia Primary Care Association (GPCA), the HCCN maintains strategic partnerships with organizations like:

Improving Patient Engagement and Access to Information – Providing support for patients and families’ participation in their health care through expanded use of integrated digital health tools (e.g., electronic messaging and reminders, patient portals, telehealth visits, remote monitoring devices).

Training and Assistance in Matters of Patient Privacy and Cybersecurity – Assisting in the education and development of formally defined health information technology policies and practices that advance security to protect individual privacy and access.

Support and Assistance in Federal Reporting – Supporting participating members as they transition to new FHIR-based data submission technologies.

Improving Data Interoperability and Integration – Assisting members with improving the capacity to integrate clinical information with data from clinical and nonclinical sources across the health care continuum (e.g., hospitals, specialty providers, departments of health, health information exchanges (HIE), care coordinators, social service/housing organizations) to optimize care coordination, improve value and modernize workflows.

Improving Data Utilization to Support Quality Measurement and Improvement  – Using data tools and strategies, such as use of predictive analytics with data visualization, to support performance improvement and value-based care activities.

Increasing the Use of Digital Health Tools – Supporting providers and staff in achieving and maintaining proficiency in the use of digital health tools (e.g., telehealth and remote patient monitoring tools) during the process of providing high-quality health care services.

Improving the Overall Adoption and Use Health Information Technology (IT) – Assisting the participating members to improve health IT usability and adoption by providers, staff, and patients (e.g., align EHRs with clinical workflows, improve structured data capture in and/or outside of EHRs, use of metadata to improve EHR user experience).

Contact Us

If you have any questions or need more information about the Georgia PCA HCCN, please contact us at askHCCN@gaphc.org.