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Introducing the CHC Health Corps Members for 2014-2015!

September 25, 2014 Sara Anderson

We are excited to introduce our CHC Health Corps Members for 2014-2015! The HealthCorps members are continually an integral part of what we do at CHC. They coordinate community events, perform outreach services, and advocate for patients. Each member is concentrated on a certain area of the agency: in the family wellness centers, the early detection program, wherever you are centers, and more! We will post their introductions weekly on Thursdays. This week we are pleased to introduce Aniella: Hi!…

Sustainable Health Industry Design and #ClimateChange

September 24, 2014 Mark Masselli

Next week on Conversations on Health Care, we will be speaking with architect Robin Guenther. She is an internationally recognized leader in sustainable health industry design, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and Principal at Perkins and Will. We will be talking about sustainable health care architecture, where we are today, where it’s come from and where it’s going. Listen to her comments on sustainable health care architecture and the climate march and be sure to listen to…

Dr. Indu Subayia, Co-Chairman of Health 2.0

September 23, 2014 Marianne OHare

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Indu-Subayia, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of Health 2.0, which promotes and showcases emerging health tech innovations through a worldwide series of conferences, prize challenges and code-a-thons. Dr. Subayia discusses their upcoming annual conference and looks at the emergence of digital health companies poised to transform the health care experience for patients and providers.

Russell Branzell, President and CEO of the College of Health Information Management Executives

September 15, 2014 Marianne OHare

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Russell Branzell, President and CEO of the College of Health Information Management Executives or CHIME. They discuss the many challenges being faced by health IT executives in the quest for full adoption of electronic health records, meeting meaningful use standards, cybersecurity, and the problematic delay of ICD 10 adoption.

Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children

September 8, 2014 Marianne OHare

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children, an independent non-profit organization meeting the basic health, education and nutritional needs of over 140 million children worldwide. Ms. Miles discusses the myriad humanitarian crises the world’s children are currently facing in war zones, refugee camps and infectious disease outbreaks.

Welcoming a New Class of Residents

September 3, 2014 Hope Brigham

A sense of excitement and eagerness filled the community room of CHC in Middletown this morning. Starting at 8am, twenty individuals arrived to their newfound residency orientation. Amongst this group, ten people were selected to join the 8th class of Nurse Practitioner Residents, a national residency training program first of its kind which was created by Dr. Margaret Flinter, CHC’s Senior VP & Chief Clinical Director. Four additional residents traveled to Connecticut from Washington to train with the CHC residents this…