Organization Profile

Organization Overview

Chicagoland's Largest Private Provider of Primary Health Care

Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) is Chicagoland’s largest private primary health care provider to the underserved and the nation’s largest community health center organization.

ACCESS operates 50 community health center locations and one oral health center in underserved, low-income neighborhoods throughout the Chicago region, providing close to 600,000 primary care visits to 200,000 individuals.

Mission, Vision, Values

Mission
The mission of Access Community Health Network is to provide high quality, cost effective primary and preventive care without regard to health status or ability to pay.

Vision
ACCESS offers a nationally recognized model for expanding quality health care for underserved populations.
Our patients consider ACCESS to be their medical home and turn to us for a continuum of services provided directly by ACCESS or assured through partnerships with hospitals and services organizations.
Our quality standards, customer service approaches, and systems for health promotion and chronic disease management demonstrate critical advances in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health.
Our employees find joy in their work and mutual respect in the workplace.

Values
Caring, Committed, Connected