Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Elizabeth Scott

Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Elizabeth Scott

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

Dr. Jeffery Levi, Trust for America’s Health

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

Project Echo for Buprenorphine

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

New Horizons Domestic Violence Services – Used Cell Phone Drive

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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Franklin Street CHC Dental Gives Kids in Crisis a Smile

Franklin Street CHC Dental Gives Kids in Crisis a Smile

The following post is from a message Stamford Dental Director Dr. Tinashe Chapfika, DDS, shared about providing services to Kids in Crisis as part of Give Kids a Smile: February is Give Kids a Smile Month, and to honor that, Toma, Laxmi and I from CHC Franklin st., Stamford visited the Kids in Crisis center in Cos Cob, CT. The visit included oral hygiene education (with our furry, friendly, monkey muppet), oral hygiene demonstrations, product distribution, and a question answer session. Caries…

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