This week, Mark and Margaret speak with former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman, now a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Mr. Glickman co-chairs the Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative and discusses the Center’s campaign to promote better use of the Farm Bill resources which subsidize farmers as well as those receiving food assistance to more positively impact health costs by targeting drivers of obesity.
From our Chief Medical Officer: It is with great excitement that I announce the selection of Dr. Dipak Patel as the next OSMD for Meriden! Dr. Patel has been with CHC of Meriden for almost four years, during which he has gained the respect and confidence of his patients, colleagues and peers. He completed his medical school education at NYCOM and then a Family Medicine Residency at Peninsula Hospital Medical Center, where he was a Chief Resident and was chosen…
The following is an email, modified for the blog, sent from our President and CEO Mark Masselli about improvements to our smart scheduling system. Today, after months of preparation with hundreds of staff members engaged we launched NOVO, a smart scheduling system. NOVO, is a Latin word that means to make anew, refresh, revive, change, alter and invent. It nicely captures all of the elements that have been key to bringing about this process change. Perhaps, the only word missing…
We have a saying here at the Community Health Center, that what the eye sees, the heart feels and we try to make our sites as visually pleasing and welcoming as possible. This weekend, we are reminded of other senses as well. CHC is excited to participate in MiddletownRemix: Hear More, See More, celebrating the city’s acoustic identity at a festival featuring four world premieres of works commissioned for the festival. We have our own acoustic identity. It includes the…
Today, I received an email from our New Britain office which is a great reminder of the importance of what we do. I am in New Britain covering today and I saw an older gentleman for a blood pressure check. He has only been here once before, about 2 weeks ago for an initial visit with one of our nurse practitioner residents. He is uninsured, so she prescribed a blood pressure medication through the 340B program. Within two weeks his…
The following is an email to CHC Staff announcing the Integrated Care for Special Populations. It has been edited for the blog. As you know, CHC has long been a source of excellent care and caring for many particularly vulnerable popuations. Among them are our patients served in our HIV and Ryan White programs, our Hepatitis C treatment program, our Subaxone program, and our “Wherever You Are” Health Care for the Homeless Program. We think it is a logical next step…