School Based Health Center Re-Opening!

School Based Health Center Re-Opening!

Last Thursday, September 19, 2013, the Community Health Center officially re-opened their School Based Health Center (SBHC) at Macdonough Elementary School located in Middletown, CT. With Middletown’s mayor, Daniel Drew, on site, CHC staff cut the ribbon and cheered as they welcomed Macdonough to their SBHC family, which includes over 100 schools from around the state. School Based Health Centers deploy healthcare providers to different schools to provide expanded medical, behavioral and dental hygiene services. Additionally, dental restorative services (root…

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Dr. John Bartlett, The Carter Center Mental Health Project

Dr. John Bartlett, The Carter Center Mental Health Project

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. John Bartlett, Senior Project Advisor for the Primary Care Initiative at the Carter Center. Dr. Bartlett discusses the Carter Center’s efforts to better facilitate behavioral health and substance abuse treatment in the primary care setting.

Stand Down 2013

Stand Down 2013

“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation” –          General George Washington Last Friday, September 20, 2013, a large percentage of Community Health Center staff members from around the state attended the annual Stand Down event at the Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs located in Rocky Hill, CT. The purpose…

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Who are you, Louis Gregory?

Who are you, Louis Gregory?

Happy Friday All!! Before we continue with today’s blog, please keep in mind that the Health Insurance Marketplace opens in only 12 days!!! For those who are still confused in regards to the Marketplace and their role within the system, please join us next Wednesday (9/25/13) from 3PM to 4PM over Twitter as we chat about the Affordable Care Act and answer as many questions as possible. You can participate in the chat by simply including #hcsmct, at the conclusion…

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Who Am I? – Sagar Parekh

Who Am I? – Sagar Parekh

Welcome All, TGIF! My name is Sagar Parekh and I will be serving at the Community Health Center for the next year under the AmeriCorps program. Specifically, I will be working in the communications department, and for those who knew Pat Wildes, I will be continuing where he left off. One aspect of the job involves actively posting blogs here! Upon submission to the site, I will advertise it on both our Twitter account as well as Facebook (so if…

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