OUR MISSION, VISION and VALUES
Our mission is to provide and promote accessible comprehensive individual and community health care to the people of Molokai with respect and aloha.
Our vision is that all people have optimal physical, mental and spiritual health.
Our values are rooted in A-L-O-H-A
A'o | Laulima | Olakino | Hanohano | 'Aina
In 2002, MOHC applied for and received funding through the Bureau of Primary Health Care under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act to develop a freestanding, centrally-located community health center providing core primary health care services that include family practice, behavioral health services, a dental clinic, nutrition services including the Women, Infant, and Children program (WIC), care enabling services such as outreach, care management, and enabling services.
Molokai Community Health Center was created entirely by community volunteers and residents of Molokai. With a commitment to providing the best medical care based on individual health needs, MOHC has achieved Level 3 PCMH (Patient-Centered Medical Home) recognition. The National Committee for Quality Assurance’s PCMH recognition program follows a set of comprehensive standards to facilitate partnerships between individual patients, their personal physicians, and when appropriate, the patient’s family, to support a team-based approach to care.
The health center’s approach for meeting community needs includes providing integrated services through a single point of access, hiring from the target population whenever possible, strongly emphasizing preventive health, and working collaboratively with other health and human service organizations locally and nationally. This collaborative work is accomplished by partnering with and sharing limited resources with existing institutions to provide the knowledge, tools and resources needed to address health care needs in the community.