Kicking Off AmeriCorps Week Giving Back to the Middletown Community

Kicking Off AmeriCorps Week Giving Back to the Middletown Community

A warm sunny day was the perfect way to kick-off Americorps Week, as CHC’s Americorps team took on their first project: the renovation of the Family Wellness Center. In collaboration with the Community Health Center and several other programs in the Middletown community, The Family Wellness Center offers free programs for children and their families. It has been a constant ‘home’ for many of the families of CHC and of the Middletown Community for more than 25 years, resulting in…

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Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution

Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Henry J. Aaron, the Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution. He analyzes the case before the Supreme Court, King versus Burwell, which challenges the legality of the tax subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, and the potential impact of the High Court’s decision.

Introducing an 11th Americorps member!

Introducing an 11th Americorps member!

This week we are pleased to introduce Zach! He is spending his year of Americorps service at CHC coordinating the Family Wellness Center in Middletown, and also involved in the diaper bank and Reach Out and Read. Hi CHC! I’m Zachary Parker and I was born and raised in Middletown. I began modeling at the early age of five years old because my kindergarten teacher discovered me. From there I have developed a love for the fashion industry through modeling….

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Weitzman Weekly

Weitzman Weekly

Spotlight: Project ECHO Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral Health This week, I talked to Agi Erickson (Manager of Project ECHO) at Community Health Center, Inc’s (CHC) Weitzman Institute to learn about the upcoming Pediatric and Behavioral Health Project ECHO. Project ECHO is a form of telehealth that brings specialty expertise into primary care through case based learning and didactics. Providers present their most complex and challenging cases to an expert panel and receive recommendation from a multidisciplinary perspective on how to…

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Community Health Center, Inc. Announces New Board Members

Community Health Center, Inc. Announces New Board Members

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eliza Cole Community Health Center, Inc. (860) 262-2546 or [email protected] Community Health Center, Inc. Announces New Board Members MIDDLETOWN, Conn; March 2, 2015: Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), Connecticut’s largest provider of primary care to the underserved, announces new officers and Board of Director members who began their terms in January 2015. The Board makes policy decisions, authorizes rule-making and oversees CHC’s operations. During the January 2015 meeting of The Board, members honored outgoing Chairman Mark…

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Yulun Wang, President of the American Telemedicine Association

Yulun Wang, President of the American Telemedicine Association

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Yulun Wang, Ph.D, President of the American Telemedicine Association, dedicated to the full integration of telemedicine within the health care system. An engineer with over 50 patents to his name, Dr. Wang is also Chairman and CEO of InTouch Health, a global leader in telehealth technologies