Funding awarded to Reach Out Campaign of Domestic Violence

Funding awarded to Reach Out Campaign of Domestic Violence

The Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), is proud to announce a recent grant that has been awarded to their Domestic Violence shelter & service program, New Horizons. The Community Foundation of Middlesex County approved this $5,000 grant for the Reach Out Campaign to Victims and Families of Domestic Violence in Middlesex County. This specific grant has been awarded in the Human Services focus area and was made possible by the generosity of the Sari A. Rosenbaum Fund for Women &…

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A Preventable, Treatable Killer – National Cervical Health Awareness Month

A Preventable, Treatable Killer – National Cervical Health Awareness Month

The month of January marks not only a new year, but also highlights an important topic in women’s health – cervical health awareness. Why not add prevention to your list of New Year’s Resolutions? Cervical cancer occurs when cells of the lower portion of the uterus, known as the cervix, grow uncontrollably. Cervical cancer affects approximately twelve-thousand women each year, and about one-third of women diagnosed will die. But, did you know that cervical cancer is preventable and treatable? In…

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Four-legged Approach to Behavioral Health at CHC

Four-legged Approach to Behavioral Health at CHC

This press release was written by Eliza Cole, Communications Manger at the Community Health Center, Inc. Cooper, a 6 year old black Labrador Retriever, is the newest staff member at the school-based health center at Roosevelt School in New Britain. Cooper is a Pet Partners® registered therapy dog working with Lauren Crowley, a therapist and social worker with Community Health Center’s school-based health services program. The pair work together two days per week in the school, meeting with behavioral health…

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Happy New Year from CHC

Happy New Year from CHC

CHC President and CEO Mark Masselli and Senior Vice President and Clinical Director Margaret Flinter have sent the following New Year’s message: Margaret and I extend our best wishes to each of you and your families for a healthy and renewing year ahead. For CHC we are brimming with optimism about the new year. We live in historic times with the rollout of the affordable care act which continues through the end of March and for most of our uninsured patients…

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Dr. Ardis Hoven, President of the American Medical Association

Dr. Ardis Hoven, President of the American Medical Association

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, President of the American Medical Association, the largest and oldest organization in the nation representing medical professionals. Dr. Hoven discusses the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and its impact on the future of the practice of medicine in this country.

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s CEO Council

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s CEO Council

This week Mark and Margaret speak with surgeon and entrepreneur Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong who is Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s new CEO Council on Health and Innovation. Dr. Soon-Shiong discusses the Council’s efforts to construct an information superhighway for healthcare that is poised to revolutionize care delivery, payment models, evidence-based treatments and outcomes in health care.