About ACCESS

ACCESS is comprised of 48 JCAHO accredited community health centers located throughout Chicago and the suburbs. It is the largest network of community health centers in the nation, committed to providing high quality, cost effective, safe, comprehensive primary and preventive health care to 210,000 individual patients annually, one-third of whom are uninsured.

Our 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 direclty by ACCESS or assured through partnerships with hospitals and service organizations.
• Our quality standards, customer services approaches, and systems for health promotion and chronic disesase management demonstrate critical advances in reducing racila and ethnic disparities in health.
• Our employees find joy in their work and mutual respect within the workplace.

About the C. Michael Savage Memorial Fund for Uninsured Patients

C. Michael Savage served as CEO of ACCESS from 1994 until his death in 2004. He was a proud community organizer and a dedicated advocate of social justice who devoted his life to expanding access to health care for low-income and uninsured families. In honor of his service, ACCESS established the C. Michael Savage Memorial Fund for Uninsured Patients. This Fund serves as an enduring legacy to Mike’s work by providing thousands of uninsured families each year with access to quality, affordable health care services. All proceeds from Heroes in Health Care will support the Fund.