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Month: October 2013

Don’t Let the Affordable Care Act Scare You This Halloween!

Don’t Let the Affordable Care Act Scare You This Halloween!

Every Fall, the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce (founded in 1895!!) organizes a Business Expo that takes place at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell. The Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is a member of the chamber and has participated in the Expo for 15 years. By partaking in the Expo, each organization is assigned a booth and able to present their business or a message to the hundreds of people who attend the daylong event. Currently, the Chamber has over 2,000…

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Dr. Dennis Charney, Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Dr. Dennis Charney, Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Dennis Charney, Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York. Dr. Charney speaks about the major redesign underway to transform their health system and medical training models to include big data analytics, genomics and other new technologies to improve the practice of medicine at Mount Sinai and better prepare the health practitioners of the future

The Middlesex County NAACP Honors Dr. Lecce with its Community Service Award

The Middlesex County NAACP Honors Dr. Lecce with its Community Service Award

A message from Mark Masselli concerning the recognition of Dr. Lecce’s work by the Middlesex County NAACP Last  night,  the Middlesex County NAACP honored Dr. Lecce with its Community Service award. This comes from a group that has for over one hundred years been at the forefront of promoting  social justice for all . The  NAACP is committed to eliminating the racial and ethnic disparities in our health care system that plague people of color in the United States ….

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Celebrating Medical Assistant Appreciation Week 2013

Celebrating Medical Assistant Appreciation Week 2013

Yesterday,  CHC’s Chief Nursing Officer, Bernadette Thomas, shared the following message with CHC staff: Good afternoon! As CHC has evolved our services model, we have challenged our Medical Assistants to perform at the top of their professional certifications to become an integral part of the delivery of comprehensive patient care.  Fortunately for each of us and all of our patients, our Medical Assistant’s continue to demonstrate that they are up to the task! Our Medical Assistants play a major role in…

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Honoring Middletown Garden Club Members

Honoring Middletown Garden Club Members

On Thursday, October 17TH, MARC: Community Resources, held their 58th annual meeting at the Middletown Elks Club where members from the Middletown Garden Club were recognized with the “Volunteer of the Year” award. MARC: Community Resources, is a multi-faceted organization that serves hundreds of adults and children with disabilities in employment, vocational, elderly, recreation and habilitative programs. Last winter, an opportunity to have MARC host one of their recreation groups on the Community Health Center, Inc. rooftop was just an idea…

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Fall Food Fest for Diabetes

Fall Food Fest for Diabetes

On October 10, the Community Health Center participated in Diabetes Awareness Day. The first ever Fall Food Fest for Diabetes took place in Waterbury and showcased some great food that was not only tasty but healthy!! (You can check out pictures on the ‘Community Health Center’ Facebook page) Hilda Cardona, Diabetes Educator here at CHC, sent the following email, edited for the blog, to all those involved in the successful event: Dear Staff, Thanks to all for your help and…

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