Who are you? Tell me something interesting about yourself. My name is Shannon Bali; I was born and raised in Connecticut and I love all things New England, including the humidity in the summer and ten-foot snow drifts in the winter. I recently graduated from the UConn School of Social Work with my Master’s degree and a focus in Community Organization and International Issues in Social Work. I spent my last semester of school in Guatemala where I worked as…
Every Fall, the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce (founded in 1895!!) organizes a Business Expo that takes place at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell. The Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is a member of the chamber and has participated in the Expo for 15 years. By partaking in the Expo, each organization is assigned a booth and able to present their business or a message to the hundreds of people who attend the daylong event. Currently, the Chamber has over 2,000…
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Dennis Charney, Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York. Dr. Charney speaks about the major redesign underway to transform their health system and medical training models to include big data analytics, genomics and other new technologies to improve the practice of medicine at Mount Sinai and better prepare the health practitioners of the future
A message from Mark Masselli concerning the recognition of Dr. Lecce’s work by the Middlesex County NAACP Last night, the Middlesex County NAACP honored Dr. Lecce with its Community Service award. This comes from a group that has for over one hundred years been at the forefront of promoting social justice for all . The NAACP is committed to eliminating the racial and ethnic disparities in our health care system that plague people of color in the United States ….
Yesterday, CHC’s Chief Nursing Officer, Bernadette Thomas, shared the following message with CHC staff: Good afternoon! As CHC has evolved our services model, we have challenged our Medical Assistants to perform at the top of their professional certifications to become an integral part of the delivery of comprehensive patient care. Fortunately for each of us and all of our patients, our Medical Assistant’s continue to demonstrate that they are up to the task! Our Medical Assistants play a major role in…
On Thursday, October 17TH, MARC: Community Resources, held their 58th annual meeting at the Middletown Elks Club where members from the Middletown Garden Club were recognized with the “Volunteer of the Year” award. MARC: Community Resources, is a multi-faceted organization that serves hundreds of adults and children with disabilities in employment, vocational, elderly, recreation and habilitative programs. Last winter, an opportunity to have MARC host one of their recreation groups on the Community Health Center, Inc. rooftop was just an idea…