Whittier Street Health Center

Whittier Street Health Center is a critically needed, uniquely successful healthcare provider for residents of Boston neighborhoods - Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan and the South End - experiencing the highest rates of poverty, pollution, and poor health in our city. Committed to wellness and prevention and addressing racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare, Whittier's innovative and cultural appropriate service and outreach models make us a trusted partner in holistic health for a community that often distrusts the health care system. Whittier has received numerous awards and recognition, among them our being named in the Top 100 Business in Massachusetts, Joint Commission accreditation, and recognized by the National Council on Quality Assurance as a Patient Centered Medical Home. Our vision is to improve wellness in every Boston neighborhood by addressing the underlying issues causing health disparities and the social determinants of health. This vision can be fully realized with our approach of innovative and integrated service delivery, education and prevention strategies that result in community empowerment, health equity, and positive lifestyles. Each Whittier patient is viewed as a whole, as embodied in Whittier's "Boston Health Equity Program"​, a population health management initiative, unifying our integrated practice units and built around the concept of a whole-person health care and holistic health. Compassionate, holistic and culturally competent care is delivered by dedicated providers. The multidisciplinary team takes responsibility for the full cycle of a patient's care - inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation, support systems such as fitness and nutrition, social work and behavioral skills. We integrate education, engagement and follow-up care. We provide a wide range of primary care, specialty medical services, wellness and prevention, social services and public health services. Please visit our website for more information.