Here is the press release about the grand opening of our new site in Bristol, as modified for the blog. CHC is pleased to announce the official grand opening of its expanded Bristol facility. Community members toured the new center at 395 North Main Street on Monday, April 2 during an open house event, featuring a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Congressman John Larson and Mayor Arthur Ward. As the need for quality primary care services continues to grown in the Bristol…
Good nutrition is an important part of staying healthy, so, during the month of March, fifteen patients attended a nutrition workshop at our Norwalk site. Today was the final day. Heather used a mock grocery tour to review the 5 week workshop. The patients were told to pretend Heather was going shopping with them, and knew nothing about eating healthy. They had to educate her as they walked through every aisle. For the food demo, Heather made veggies with brown…
The following is a message I received from a CHC Doctor, adapted to the blog: Two of us were talking about how refreshing it is to work at our new site in Waterbury. I truly believe that our patients are appreciative of what we do at all of our sites, but in the more established sites they don’t think to say it very often. Waterbury is different. We’re seeing patients who haven’t seen doctors in 5, 10, even 15 years,…
A guest post from Emily Troll Sometimes dance hall, sometimes yoga studio, Vinnie’s is an important piece of the CHC’s work on wellness – not just for the body, but for the whole human being! Vinnie’s recently expanded to offer yoga 5 days a week, with 4 different styles of yoga, and by 3 instructors. Read on for news and thoughts from our yoga team… Meet Jeff Hush! Jeff teaches Power Yoga and Chi Yoga at Vinnie’s on Tuesday and…
CHC is proud to announce that Paula Leibovitz, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator working with our Obesity Intervention programs in New Britain and Meriden, was recently elected to serve on the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. With over 70,000 members, the Academy is the largest organization of nutrition professionals in the world. Paula who developed the FoodSmart and Fit™ program has been working with programs at CHC for 6 years. Paula remembers…
This week, CHC’s Conversation on Health Care has a special broadcast about the Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Professor Timothy Jost, Law Professor and Legal Scholar on Public Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act. Professor Jost, a frequent legal contributor to Health Affairs and NPR, discusses the Supreme Court Hearing on the Affordable Care Act; the constitutional implications and the potential outcomes of the Court’s decision on the legality of…