Sofia Dupi, Author at Healthy Communities Online

If It’s Good Enough for Google…

March 21, 2011 Sofia Dupi

A few weeks ago, Margaret Flinter, Senior Vice President and Clinical Director of the Community Health Center, Inc. sent me an email suggesting that I ‘might really benefit from participating in’ the Stress Reduction Program that Beth Roth, MSN, runs at CHC. I suspect she was suggesting a source of material about unique and interesting programs that CHC offers, perhaps, even a chance to meet some fascinating CHC patients, and not a commentary on whether I have been appearing stressed…

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Winter Blues and Other Stress

March 8, 2011 Sofia Dupi

Monday morning was dark and rainy. The melting snow added to the problems as flooding started to spread across parts of Connecticut. It seemed like just about everyone I was talking with was having a rough day. Was it just because it was a rainy Monday, or were there other things in play, like Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? The latest Patient Resource File explores SAD and what people can do about it. Friends have suggested that I might suffer from…

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Viewing CHC Through the Lens of a Diabetic Retinopathy Camera

March 2, 2011 Sofia Dupi

There is an old saying that if you’ve seen one community health center, you’ve seen one community health center. It reflects the great diversity of health centers across the country, but perhaps does not do justice to our sites. One the one hand, we work very hard to take what works best at one site and replicate it to all our sites. On the other hand, there is so much more to Community Health Center, Inc. than you will see…

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American Heart Month Activities

February 23, 2011 Sofia Dupi

February is American Heart Month and according to the Center for Disease Control, “Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.” They go on to cite a report by the American Heart Association saying “In 2010, an estimated 785,000 Americans had a new coronary attack, and about 470,000 had a recurrent attack. About every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event, and about one every minute will die from one”. So, every February, there…

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Building a Healthier America

February 16, 2011 Sofia Dupi

For a brief moment, I was five years old again in the small sandbox behind my house. I had my trucks moving around dirt as I built my marvelous edifice that would somehow make the world a better place. I glanced back at my desk and again became the older man, worried about health and finances, trying to do my job the best I can. Yet I have a great job. It is to write about people in the front…

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Patient Center Medical Homepage

February 14, 2011 Sofia Dupi

The Patient Centered Medical Home, it is an important topic a lot of people have been talking about recently. I’ve written a little bit about what ‘home’ means. I want to write more about what patient centered really means. As I listen to more and more discussions, I am struck by the crucial role that communications plays in all of this. Patient Centered Medical Homes have increased communications between patients and their providers, it is part of what makes a…

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