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CHC Project ECHO Kickoff

CHC Project ECHO Kickoff

Amidst all the fanfare about CHC kicking off Project ECHO® in Connecticut and the discussions about innovative use of telemedicine to improve health outcomes, it could be easy to lose focus on what truly matters, the patient. Yet CHC is a Patient Centered Medical Home, which is more than just a nice title added to the website, and the patient centered aspect shone through in the first Project ECHO teleconference.  Yes, there were the introductory speeches, the photographers and the…

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Project Echo, Google+, Patient Education, and a Patient Centered Medical Home.

Project Echo, Google+, Patient Education, and a Patient Centered Medical Home.

What happens when you ask a social media manager for a Patient Centered Medical Home to write about Project Echo®?  You just might get a strange collection of thoughts drawn into a single blog post.  Ready? Last month, I sat in on a Project Echo videoconference where experts in Hepatitis C spoke with medical providers around the country about challenging cases.  See the Project ECHO Blog post for details.  Yesterday, the Discovery Channel filmed parts of the videoconference and I…

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The Patient Centered Legislative Reception

The Patient Centered Legislative Reception

I’ve been involved in politics long enough for opportunities to speak with local, state and federal elected officials and candidates to become fairly old hat and routine.  The politicians are familiar old friends and we talk about topics we’ve covered time and time again.  Of course, when you are talking with a politician, it is almost always about them, their campaigns, the bills they’re working on, their interests, and if they are any good, at least a little bit about…

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Happy Birthday CHC is 39 today – May 1st

Happy Birthday CHC is 39 today – May 1st

A message from Mark and Margaret on the 39th anniversary of CHC: Greetings Margaret and I,  want to extend a Happy 39th Birthday wish to everyone at CHC! What a month leading up to May 1st – our construction projects in Stamford and New London finished up – thanks to Adele and Alejandro for their leadership along with the their team of staff who have been working to coordinate the project – also, thanks to the  staff who patiently go…

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Beating the Boring Morning Meeting

Beating the Boring Morning Meeting

Few things can start the day, or the week off worse than a required routine monotonous morning meeting.  Maybe you’ve been to meetings like this yourself and you know how they go.  People drone on and on about things that no one else is really interested in.  It is just that there is an expectation that everyone will say something when no one wants to, or even prepares to speak.  Such meetings have been the bane of many of my…

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Familial and Medical Homes

Familial and Medical Homes

In a few weeks, children, perhaps with the help of their fathers will make breakfast in bed for their mothers.  They will bring them cards of appreciation; perhaps even flowers, chocolates or other gifts.  Mothers will be brought out to lunches or dinners all as part of the annual celebration of Mother’s Day.  This recognition won’t be for some extraordinary event.  Instead it will be recognition for doing the daily tasks of motherhood, whether it be preparing meals, cleaning dishes…

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