AmeriCorps Week 2013 Blog Series – Community Meal

AmeriCorps Week 2013 Blog Series – Community Meal

AmeriCorps Week 2013 took place from March 9th to March 17th. Several of our HealthCorps Navigators have agreed to write about their experiences, starting with Pat Wildes. When our group of HealthCorps Navigators first sat down in the fall to discuss plans for AmeriCorps Week, we quickly decided that we wanted to focus our efforts on Connecticut’s homeless population. Using several of CHC’s WYA (Wherever You Are) Healthcare for the Homeless locations as a starting point, we set out to…

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Registered Dietitian Profile – Heather Peracchio

Registered Dietitian Profile – Heather Peracchio

March is National Nutrition Month. To celebrate, we’ll be posting profiles of all of CHC’s fantastic Registered Dietitians. First up, Heather Peracchio! –          What inspired you to become a Registered Dietitian? I’ve always enjoyed science, math, healthcare, cooking and grocery shopping.  In college I learned that by becoming a Registered Dietitian I could combine my love for all of those things! –          What’s your favorite food? Tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil –          Can you briefly describe your favorite recipe? Slow cooker lentil…

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Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with former Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, now Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Senator Nelson discusses the challenges being experienced by the nation’s Insurance Commissioners, who are adapting their state programs to incorporate measures in the Affordable Care Act such as the insurance exchanges and the expansion of Medicaid.

Press Release: AmeriCorps Week 2013!

Press Release: AmeriCorps Week 2013!

Written by Eliza Cole AmeriCorps Week 2013 Shines Spotlight on Community Service MIDDLETOWN, CT (March 6, 2013): Community Health Center Inc.’s HealthCorps Navigators will honor National AmeriCorps Week, March 9-17, with service projects focused on helping the homeless and near homeless in communities across Connecticut. Over the course of the week Navigators will host events in several of the communities CHC serves. The theme for this year’s program, “Wherever You Are, AmeriCorps Works,” follows the national theme of AmeriCorps Week…

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Project ECHO – Pain Management

Project ECHO – Pain Management

Over 116 million Americans suffer from chronic pain and over 50% of those will seek care from a primary care provider. Considering the frequency and severity of chronic pain in our population, we at the Community Health Center, Inc. are proud to announce that Project ECHO Pain Management recently got underway. Our team at CHC has joined forces with the Integrative Pain Center of Arizona in making this incredibly important program a reality. The weekly telemedicine conferences bring behavioral health…

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Dr. Kavita Patel, Brookings Institution and Bipartisan Policy Center

Dr. Kavita Patel, Brookings Institution and Bipartisan Policy Center

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Kavita Patel, Managing Director of Delivery System Reform and Clinical Transformation at the Brookings Institution and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Health Professional Workforce Initiative. Dr. Patel discusses their recently released reports which examine the need for better national planning strategies for projecting health care work force needs in the future.