When patterns are broken, new patterns emerge. A story of community collaboration for health

The Bridge Community Health Clinic (BCHC) is the result of a multifaceted community effort that persevered though seven years of analysis and planning to achieve a community health center that met the entire community need. An influx of Southeast Asian emigrants who held different beliefs regarding medical care showed how the established health system was not meeting the needs of the changing population. This article describes how the Wausau community came together with the help of health care businesses and formed BCHC, promoting community health.