Northern Arizona Area Health Education Center (NAHEC)

Northern Arizona Area Health Education Center

Mission: NAHEC exists to improve the overall health of rural and underserved communities in Northern Arizona through excellence in education, training, and research.

What we do: NAHEC addresses the shortage and maldistribution of healthcare professionals by:

Providing meaningful community-based clinical training experiences for health professions students and residents;
Educating the current and future rural primary care workforce;
Recruiting students from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds into health careers;
Facilitating healthcare research and informatics that translates to underserved communities;
Connecting communities to better care through telemedicine, interprofessional, and population health initiatives; and
Delivering evidence-based health promotion programs to communities in need.

Established in 1987, NAHEC is part of the national and state AHEC system and serves Apache, Coconino, Navajo, and a portion of Yavapai Counties.

Vision

Values

Access

Our core purpose is to improve access to high quality primary care for Northern Arizona’s communities.

Community

We accomplish our work through effective academic and community partnerships.

Diversity

We seek to develop, distribute and diversify the healthcare workforce.

Teamwork

We promote teamwork among our employees and through interprofessional education and practice.

Quality Improvement

We strive to be a leader in primary care practice transformation to improve health outcomes, reduce costs, and improve the patient and provider experience.

Responsiveness

We position ourselves to respond to emerging community health and education needs.

Teaching Health Center

NAHEC upholds the mission, vision, and values of our partner organization, North Country HealthCare.

NAHEC offers the following services and programs:

Our team includes:

NAHEC Director

NAHEC Manager

Telemedicine Clinical Coordinator

Program Coordinator, Health Professions

Program Coordinator, Continuing Education

Program Coordinator, K-12 Programs

Program Coordinator, Research and Informatics

Program Coordinator, Special Projects

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