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From ACA Repeal Attempts to Natural Disasters and Health Tech Breakthroughs, a Look Back at 2017

From ACA Repeal Attempts to Natural Disasters and Health Tech Breakthroughs, a Look Back at 2017

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter look back on a tumultuous year in health policy, natural disasters, and disruptive breakthroughs with technology in health care. They revisit conversations with some memorable guests including GOP strategists Lanhee Chen and Michael Leavitt on the Trump Administration’s approach to health reform, American Telemedicine Association President Peter Yellowlees, and American Well co-founders Roy and Ido Schoenberg, who have partnered with Apple and Stanford Medicine in the groundbreaking Apple Heart Study.

LGBT Q&A Session with Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH

LGBT Q&A Session with Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH

How do we improve care to members of the LGBT community? We improve care to members of the LGBT community by first making them feel welcome and respected. If we don’t create an environment that is accepting and affirming, LGBT individuals will not share with us who they are and they will not engage in ongoing care with us. We will miss opportunities to screen, identify, and manage numerous medical conditions and psychosocial circumstances that are specific to the LGBT…

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Meet featured physician Robert Dudley, MD

Meet featured physician Robert Dudley, MD

As I was sitting in the lobby waiting for Dr. Dudley, I could see a little boy and his mother heading toward the exit. At around the same time Dr. Dudley walked through the front door and almost immediately the little boy went running over to Dr. Dudley and excitedly showed him a rock he had found. Dr. Dudley took the time to examine the rock and interact with the boy before he and his mother left. In that moment…

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Dr. Briggie New Publication with His Daughter

Dr. Briggie New Publication with His Daughter

At CHC, we’re proud of all our staff who provide great care and who get opportunities to write about their research and experiences. Sometimes, getting published can carry special meaning, like it has for Cliff Briggie, one of our therapists in Meriden. Dr. Briggie’s daughter, Alexis Briggie received a request from a prestigious publisher and invited her father to join her. Together they wrote a chapter in a new book, The Behavioral Addictions going on sale this month. The Behavioral Addictions…

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Weitzman Weekly

Weitzman Weekly

Spotlight: Khushbu Khatri This week, I had the chance to speak with the first ever AmeriCorps member to serve at the Weitzman Institute (WI). Some may know Khushbu Khatri from her involvement in a multitude of projects but few are fortunate enough to know the woman behind the work. Though she started from the bottom as an AmeriCorps member, she is here now as a vital employee of the WI research team. As she reflects on her experiences as an AmeriCorps member…

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Talking to Children about Ebola

Talking to Children about Ebola

The following is a message from Dr. Tim Kearney, Chief Behavioral Health Officer here at CHC about how to talk with children about Ebola, adapted to the blog. All of us as parents and those who work with children wish that we could protect them from the knowledge of the tragedies that occur in the world around them and from the impact that this knowledge has on them. Unfortunately we cannot; especially in this age of constant news feeds and social…

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