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45 Years of Service | 1972 - 2017 19 The Future We did not get here on our own, and we can't move forward alone. Our strategic collaborations span the country and the globe, advancing our own knowledge and training thousands of providers in health centers, academic centers, and even prison systems across the country. We are united in our goal of full access to effective and satisfying primary care that improves health and builds healthier communities. CHC's original banner — health- care is a right, not a privilege — remains a rock-solid foundation as we harness current science, technology and implementation science and deliver care in the context of continuous healing re- lationships between patients and their healthcare teams. But it doesn't stop there. We take what we learn from clinical practice, research and innovation and share it — and learn from others engaged in transformation work. Primary-care teams across the country are hungry for strategies that help them take care of even the most vulnerable and complicated patients. We know how powerful so- cial connection and networking is, and this is true in health care as well. We bring new knowledge about what works, but we do it through innovations like our ECHO-Ct model, bringing teams of primary-care people together in videoconferences and chat rooms with a faculty of experts, to present cases and get advice. People from all over the country and world visit us to look at the "Connecticut model," and study the way we design facilities and clinical teams, drive improvements, and engage with our communities. ere's a lot of wind at our sail, in relationships with health care practitioners all over the world. ey listen to us; we listen to them. Our Weitzman Institute research and innovation center, estab- lished in 2005, remains the only research institute within a Feder- ally Qualified Health Center. With a dedicated team of clinician scientists and research specialists, the power of research now ben- efits the issues of concern to special and vulnerable populations, historically under-represented in research. Research will continue to be a pillar of the CHC's success in serving its patients, and con- tributing new knowledge to the field in areas as diverse as treating opioid addiction, eradicating health disparities, and using new tele-health technologies to make care more effective. e Community Health Center's Knowledge and Technology Center, set for completion in 2018, is a physical representation of the CHC commitment to the future and to supporting new ini- tiatives as well as current operations. We have positioned CHC to listen to the needs of underserved populations, create solutions to improve access and quality of care, alone and in partnership with public, private, and government partners. On this 45th anniver- sary of our founding by a group of young activists, we remain as excited and committed about the future — known and imagined — as ever. n At CHC, the future is always on our minds and in our sights: in our pursuit of clinical excellence, in generating new knowledge through research and innovation, and in training the next generation of healthcare providers to meet the needs of patients and communities. "We didn't get here on our own, and we can't move forward alone." Mark Masselli, Founder & President/CEO "We take what we learn from clinical practice, research and innovation and share it — and learn from others engaged in transformation work." Margaret Flinter, Senior VP & Clinical Director and Founder Emeritus, Weitzman Institute CHC Leadership Team