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Integrated Care for Special Populations

February 25, 2013 Sofia Dupi

The following is an email to CHC Staff announcing the Integrated Care for Special Populations. It has been edited for the blog. As you know, CHC has long been a source of excellent care and caring for many particularly vulnerable popuations. Among them are our patients served in our HIV and Ryan White programs, our Hepatitis C treatment program, our Subaxone program, and our “Wherever You Are” Health Care for the Homeless Program. We think it is a logical next step…

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Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Elizabeth Scott

February 21, 2013 Pat Wildes

Meet Elizabeth Scott, a Nurse Practitioner in Residency at CHC, Inc.! – Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? I studied International Development at McGill University in Montreal as an undergraduate. I did my RN certificate and Masters in Nursing at Yale. Between the two degrees I spent a couple of years working in public health in South Sudan, and then a year working at a drop-in center for homeless men in Toronto. – What about joining CHC…

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Dr. Jeffery Levi, Trust for America’s Health

February 20, 2013 Marianne OHare

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Jeffery Levi, Executive Director of Trust for America’s Health, a non profit organization seeking to make disease prevention a national priority. Dr. Levi discusses his recent report: A Healthier America 2013, in which he outlines prevention strategies focusing on obesity, public health, flu pandemics and bioterrorism readiness.

Project Echo for Buprenorphine

February 19, 2013 Sofia Dupi

The latest Project Echo® started this afternoon at CHC. These are teleconferences where experts help primary care providers in handling specific topics. The new topic is Buprenorphine, which is often used to help patients with drug addictions. Like other Project Echo topics, when these can be complicated cases requiring great team work. Dr. Haddad explains it this way, We are including behavioral health, nursing, and the medical assistants because they all are integral to the success of the program and…

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New Horizons Domestic Violence Services – Used Cell Phone Drive

February 15, 2013 Pat Wildes

The following piece was written by Carlee Clarino, a HealthCorps Navigator at CHC who organized a recently-completed, used cell phone drive for New Horizons Domestic Violence Services. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 23.6% of women and 11.5% of men in the United States have reported being a victim of domestic violence or abuse at some point in their lives. The CDC also reported in 2004 that 1,544 deaths were the result of domestic violence (25%…

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Dr. John Bartlett, The Carter Center Mental Health Project

February 13, 2013 Marianne OHare

This week, Mark and Margaret 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.