Our Mission

The mission of Northwest Community Health Care is to provide excellent primary care and dental services to the residents of the Rhode Island communities that it serves. Our emphasis is to promote the highest quality of health for the individual and family as well as for the community.

Our Principles and Values

• We seek to be the leader in community-based primary care.
• We serve all patients regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity or ability to pay.
• We place an emphasis on health and wellness in addition to treatment.
• We emphasize public and community health.
• We are committed to reducing physical, social, cultural, linguistic and financial barriers to care.
• We have a firm conviction that a critical component of health care is providing patient education.
• We support and respect individual choices and decisions that affect health care.
• We treat one another with respect.
• We maintain a work environment which promotes organizational excellence and which encourages employees to achieve their fullest potential.
• We support the standards set forth by the Bureau of Primary Health Care.
• We recognize the interdependence of services and work cooperatively with others in the coordination of patient care.

Our Vision

Northwest Community Health Care is the primary care and dental provider of choice for the residents of the Rhode Island communities that it serves. As a result of our efforts, these residents have achieved the highest attainable level of physical, psychological and social well being.