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Month: February 2012

Jamie Heywood, Co-Founder of PatientsLikeMe

Jamie Heywood, Co-Founder of PatientsLikeMe

This week on Conversations on Health Care, Mark and Margaret speak with Jamie Heywood, Co-Founder of PatientsLikeMe, an online medical data-sharing portal for patients experiencing a variety of diseases. He is also founder of the ALS Therapy Development Institute, a nonprofit biotech research organization seeking a cure for Lou Gherig’s Disease. He talks about his goal of transforming medical care through patients sharing in-depth data with the public and the medical community to facilitate better treatments and disease outcomes.

Alone we are Rare, Together we are strong

Alone we are Rare, Together we are strong

Today is February 29, 2012. Other than the fact that we are in the midst of a leap year, celebrating this extra day in February, there is also something very important taking place today across the globe.  Today is the fifth international Rare Disease Day. For such a short month, February has a lot of significant occurrences that receive enormous amounts of attention; Black History Month, American Heart Month, and the ever so popular Valentine’s Day are just a few…

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Congressman Joe Courtney Visits CHC in Enfield

Congressman Joe Courtney Visits CHC in Enfield

Wednesday, Congressman Joe Courtney visited the Community Health Center in Enfield, CT for a frank discussion about health care, after participating in two forums about the successes and continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act at other venues in the district.  He was joined by HHS Regional Director Christie Hager as well as several state legislators. This was not the typical dog and pony show focused on a tour of the facilities, photo ops, and sound bites.  Congressman Courtney and…

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Former Senator Tom Daschle, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center

Former Senator Tom Daschle, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center

This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with former Senate Majority Leader, Tom Daschle, now co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center. Senator Daschle discusses the Center’s recent report, “Transforming Healthcare: The Role of Health IT”. He outlines the steps that need to be taken to speed up the transition to universal use of electronic health records and digitized health information as a fundamental preface to real health care reform.

Dr. John Moore, Director, MIT Media Lab Health and Wellness Innovation 2012

Dr. John Moore, Director, MIT Media Lab Health and Wellness Innovation 2012

This week on Conversations on Health Care, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. John  Moore,  innovator of health care technology at the MIT Media Lab.  Dr. Moore discusses his award-winning patient/care provider interface known as “CollaboRythm” as well as his “Health and Wellness Innovation 2012” competition in which teams of researchers, physicians and designers gathered at MIT  for two weeks to invent new tech solutions to common health care problems.

School Based Health Centers

School Based Health Centers

As part of National SBHC Awareness Month, Nat Holmes has provided a brief history and background on CHC’s School Based Health Centers. Community Health Center’s first School Based Health Center, the Rita Hayes Wellness Center, was started in nearly two decades ago in April, 1993 at the Macdonough Elementary School in Middletown, CT.   CHC went on to open the Woodrow Wilson School Based Health Center in 1995 at Wilson Middle School and at Keigwin Middle School in 2000. Over the…

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