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FLORENCE, S.C. (September 8, 2025) – HopeHealth was the recipient of two Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) awards from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). 

HopeHealth was recognized with the gold Health Center Quality Leader badge for the second year in a row and also earned the National Quality Leader - Heart Health badge.

Health Center Quality Leader - Gold

HopeHealth retained its gold status and was recognized with this badge, given for achieving the best overall clinical quality measure performance among all health centers. Gold is the top 10 percent of all centers nationwide for overall quality performance, while silver is the top 11-20 percent, and bronze is the top 21-30 percent.

National Quality Leader - Heart Health

To earn this award, HopeHealth had to meet or exceed three of the four national targets for cardiovascular care. These include: 

• Tobacco use: screening and cessation intervention
• Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of aspirin or another antiplatelet
• Statin Therapy: Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease
• Hypertension Control: Controlling high blood pressure

Community health centers annually report a core set of information, including data on patient characteristics, services provided, clinical processes and health outcomes, patients' use of services, staffing, costs, and revenues as part of a standardized reporting system known as the Uniform Data Systems (UDS). More information on the data can be found at data.hrsa.gov.