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About HealthFirst Family Care Center

HealthFirst Family Care Center, Inc., is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), offering services in offices located in Laconia, Franklin, and Canaan, NH and we proudly serve 29 rural townships: Alexandria, Andover, Ashland, Belmont, Boscawen, Bridgewater, Bristol, Canaan, Center Harbor, Danbury, Dorchester, Enfield, Franklin, Gilford, Gilmanton, Grafton, Groton, Hebron, Hill, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, New Hampton, Northfield, Orange, Salisbury, Sanbornton, Sandwich, and Tilton.

About HealthFirst Family Care Center

HealthFirst Family Care Center, Inc., is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), offering services in offices located in Laconia, Franklin, and Canaan, NH and we proudly serve 29 rural townships: Alexandria, Andover, Ashland, Belmont, Boscawen, Bridgewater, Bristol, Canaan, Center Harbor, Danbury, Dorchester, Enfield, Franklin, Gilford, Gilmanton, Grafton, Groton, Hebron, Hill, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, New Hampton, Northfield, Orange, Salisbury, Sanbornton, Sandwich, and Tilton.

Welcome to Our Family Health Clinic

HealthFirst is a Federally Qualified Health Center and therefore we receive partial program funding from Health and Human Services, Bureau of Primary Health Care Services. This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.

We promote health, wellness, and disease prevention through a variety of health screenings, such as breast and cervical cancer screenings. Our providers are available for all of your urgent medical care needs, such as sore throats, sutures, sprains, strains, digestive problems, heart disease, neurology, dermatology, gynecology, lung disease, psychiatry, podiatry, infectious disease, and more. We provide wellness care through annual physicals, sports physicals, DOT physicals, and well child checks. You, your children, parents, and grandparents now have access to medical care, social services, behavioral health counseling, and nutritional counseling all in one place for your convenience.

Our Mission

Through dedication, respect, and compassion for our patients and one another, we aim to inspire hope, and to advance the health and well-being of our patients, community, and staff.

Quality Care

Your health is very important to us! HealthFirst has an active program for measuring and reviewing the quality of care we provide. We use a Quality Assurance Plan to gather data on the way we deliver healthcare services and the specific measures of the health of our patients. During office visits, patients review measures of their individual health (for example, your blood pressure) with their medical providers. On the agency level, we look at what services and practices help patients achieve the best changes for positive health. All individual data gathered is shared only with the patient it pertains to. Only aggregate data is shared with outside measurers of quality.

QUALITY INDICATORS

HealthFirst Family Care Center, Inc. reports on quality indicators involving all major aspects of client health outcomes and our overall clinic operations. These indicators are compared to national standards to help us monitor how we are doing and how to improve our programs. The staff at HealthFirst works tirelessly to ensure that our clients receive the highest quality of care. In order to do this, it is important that we strive to meet our client’s customer satisfaction expectations, improve the quality of care given, and provide cost-effective care.

PATIENT SATISFACTION

Patients are encouraged to complete a survey card during their appointment. We want to hear from them about their experience at HealthFirst, satisfaction levels and suggestions. We use this information to make changes and improvements that help to better meet the patient’s needs.

CLINICAL QUALITY

At HealthFirst, we monitor and report on over 30 quality measures. These measures are considered to be the standards to which all healthcare providers should strive to achieve. The individual client and his/her healthcare provider review these clinical measures on an annual basis to monitor changes in the client’s health over time. These measures, when looked at across the agency and in comparison, to other health centers, help us to measure the success of our programs and services and make changes to better serve the client.

COST-EFFECTIVE

HealthFirst is a business, and like any other business, we monitor our costs and income carefully. We work toward providing the best services we can with the most reasonable cost to you.

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

HealthFirst has received many awards including:

Federal Tort Claims Act

This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.

Patient-Centered Medical Home

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) designation as a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)

Health Care Program

Federal Bureau of Primary Health Care quality awards

What Our Patients Say

Lisa Baker is always wonderful and I am beyond pleased with h the care she gives me.. She listens and helps handle my problems. I am so thankful for Lisa, HealthFirst and their wonderful doctors and nurses. They even stepped in and helped me when my husband switched jobs and we were without insurance. Thank you all so much.
I have been a patient at Health First for approximately a year. Now. I'm retired but my career history is in medicine, being a former family practice manager in Maine. Maine. I do know quality Care from not cell quality Care. I couldn't be happier with Health First in general and particularly Jennifer Tichich. It's amazing, particularly in this age of less than personalized in quality healthcare to find a provider. So caring, thorough, intelligent and willing to work with you. You you for your complete Health Care. Many services are available through their office. I'm so happy that I found them.
My visit today was urgent. They found a spot right away. The provider was prompt and new what she was doing. The receptionist with the dark hair and glasses it's either Jennifer or Jessica was absolutely amazing as she always is, caring and so very special. I would love it if someone can recognize her. Some of the other ones are snappy.
Isabel Watts is an excellent practitioner.
She is very thorough, knowledgeable and kind. Her assistant, Jasmine, is also very adept. I highly recommend this HealthFirst care team.
Dr Wojcik is my primary care physician at Health First. She is always attentive and fully answers all my questions. Tests and blood work are routinely ordered and advice given to enable me to live my best life! I am happy and blessed to call her my doctor!
The staff at Health First Family puts in the extra effort to get all your medical needs taken care of. Ruth did a great job getting the medical records needed for the onboarding process. I'm grateful for doctor Watts level of care and attention to details.
JENNIFER Is absolutely the best she listens, she respectful. She is super kind hearted and soft spoken. I love that about her. She doesn’t over talk you. She really listens to you. If you have any concerns she’s easy to contact. She would do her best to make sure she takes care of your needs and everything that it is you may be worried about. I honestly wouldn’t see anybody else besides JENNIFER. I absolutely love her.
Health First meets all of my expectations. The front desk staff are courteous, helpful, prompt and friendly. The medical staff are always helpful and knowledgeable. Dr Watto is excellent. He answers all of my questions and finds relevant information if needed. I have high respect for his ‘treat the whole body’ and his common sense approach to medicine.

Better Health Care is Our Mission

Our team is here to support your health with screenings, urgent care, chronic disease management, and whole‑family wellness ― all in one convenient place

Request an appointment today and take the next step toward better health.