Our mis­sion is to cham­pi­on and advance the evi­dence-based Cen­ter­ing group mod­el of care to trans­form how health­care is prac­ticed and expe­ri­enced, empow­er­ing health­care providers and patients to improve health outcomes.

Centering Healthcare Institute is a non-profit organization that works closely with healthcare providers from all sectors to change healthcare. With over two decades of experience as the go-to resource for group care, we’ve developed and sustained the Centering model in nearly 500 practice sites and in some of the largest health systems in the world.


 
Centering® facilitation training

We Offer

  • Implementation support for system change
  • Training in group facilitation and group care
  • Site approval for model fidelity and quality assurance
  • Practice management and support tools
  • Curriculum materials and supplies that support providers and patients
 
 
Sharon Rising, 1994, Waterbury Hospital, CT
 

Our History

Centering started in the 1990’s as one healthcare provider’s idea to provide more effective prenatal care to her patients. Instead of repeating the same information over and over to women one at a time, our founder, Sharon Rising, brought pregnant women together for their prenatal visits. Colleagues who learned about her groups started doing it too, and through word of mouth the demand grew for Centering facilitation trainings across the country.

Our Val­ues


Compassion

We approach all our inter­ac­tions with under­stand­ing and a respect for the per­spec­tives each per­son can pro­vide based on their lived experiences.

Community

We cul­ti­vate com­mu­ni­ty in every­thing we do to sus­tain strong, trust­ing part­ner­ships that con­sid­er the wis­dom of the group to ensure effec­tive stew­ard­ship of resources and to pro­mote human-cen­tered care.

Evidence

We are com­mit­ted to using data to inform learn­ing and cre­ativ­i­ty that builds a stronger health­care system.

Humility

We rec­og­nize our lim­i­ta­tions and strength­en our offer­ings, approach­es and part­ner­ships through embrac­ing a vari­ety of cul­tur­al and pro­fes­sion­al perspectives.

Resilience

We are deter­mined to change the health­care sys­tem, no mat­ter the obsta­cles, because we are inspired by health­care providers’ ded­i­ca­tion to their patients and by each patient’s unique phys­i­cal, psy­cho­log­i­cal and social health jour­ney with its moments of chal­lenge, growth and strength.

Transformation

We seek ways to remove bar­ri­ers to care and to design sys­tems that enable all peo­ple, no mat­ter their cir­cum­stances, the abil­i­ty to access and achieve bet­ter health.

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