2015
COMMUNITY
HEALTH
INSTITUTE
(CHI) & EXPO
1965 • 2015
AMERICA’S HEALTH CENTERS
AN ENDURING LEGACY
VALUE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW
Community Health Institute (CHI) & EXPO is THE largest and most important annual gathering of 2000 community health center
managers, clinicians, employees, board members and leaders. Every aspect of the community health center movement is represented
and fully-vested at CHI, making it an excellent networking opportunity. CHI provides essential up-to-date information, training and
technical assistance on the latest community health center challenges, providing professionals in the industry with cutting-edge
strategies for community health center success.
The CHI EXPO is the largest NACHC Exhibit. Exhibitors participating in the CHI EXPO: Your Solution Center and sponsorships take
advantage of one-of-a-kind networking and client relationship building opportunities providing our exhibiting companies with a
vast return on investment.
NACHC Facts
Ê What are Community Health Centers?
Community, Migrant, and Homeless Health Centers
are non-profit, community-directed providers
that remove common barriers to care by serving
communities who otherwise confront financial,
geographic, language, cultural and other barriers.
Also know as Federally-Qualified Health Centers
(FQHCs) they:
• Provide high quality care
• Are cost effective, saving the health care system
$24 billion a year nationally
• Are located in high-need area
• Open to all residents, regardless of insurance status
or ability to pay
• Tailor services to fit the special needs and priorities
of their communities
• Provide comprehensive primary and other health
care services
Ê What Makes FQHC’s Unique? 51% of Health Center
Board Members are Consumers
Ê Number of Health Centers? Over 1200 Health Center
Organizations
Ê Number of Delivery Sites? Over 9000
Ê Number of Patients Served? Over 22 Million
2014 Attendee Facts
Ê Total Number of Attendees? Over 2000 attendees
Ê Number of Health Centers Represented? 573 Unique
CHC and PCA’s
Ê Number of PCA’s Represented? 49
Ê Titles of Attendees?
COO/
Administrators
29%
Board
Member/Chair
26%
CFO/
CEO/
Exec Director Finance
& IT
25%
7%
Clinical/
Med Dir
13%
Ê Are Consumer Board Members Influential? YES!
About 20,000 volunteer consumer board members are
influential decision makers in the administration of
health center funds.
Ê Total Number of State and Regional Primary Care
Associations (PCA’s)? 52
2014 CHI EXPO Details
2014 Activities
Ê Number of days? 2.5 Days
Ê Total number of General Sessions? 3
Ê Number of hours the show floor is open? 16.5 Hours
Ê Total number of Preconference and Educational
Sessions available? 65
Ê Number of exhibiting companies? 110 in 2014
YEARS
Ê Opportunity Ratio? 18:1…Approximately 18 attendees
to every 1 exhibiting company
Ê Total number of Poster Sessions? 58
Ê Number of food and beverage functions in the EXPO
hall? 2 Breakfasts, 3 Breaks and 1 Reception, (Plus the
Poster Session)
Ê Total number of Continuing Education Credits? CME / CE - 8.5 Credits
CPE - 10.8 Credits
Ê Total number of Speakers? 150+