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Donna Thompson, chief executive officer of Access Community Health Network in Chicago

Conversations on Health Care focuses this week on the unique role of community health centers in integrating clinical excellence with education, training, and research. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Donna Thompson, RN, CEO of Access Community Health Network in Chicago, the country’s largest health center and developer of the first NIH funded research center devoted exclusively to studying health disparities.

Be sure to check out @ACCESSHealth on Twitter as well, especially their tweets about #PinASister

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