Ladies Night Out

Ladies Night Out

Below is a piece written by Nadine Byers, a HealthCorps Navigator at the Community Health Center, Inc. serving in the Early Detection Program. She recently volunteered at an event titled “Ladies Night Out” at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown and commented on her experience. I participated in my first big outreach event for the Early Detection Program (EDP) last week.  Together with Nicole Jarjura, Patient Navigator for the Colorectal Cancer EDP, and four of my lovely HealthCorps Navigator comrades, I attended the Ladies Night…

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Bryan Sivak, Chief Technology Officer, Health and Human Services

Bryan Sivak, Chief Technology Officer, Health and Human Services

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Bryan Sivak, Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Sivak talks about programs underway at HHS to harness the power of data, technology and innovation to improve the health and welfare of the nation. He discusses numerous programs that have been launched to improve access to health data for researchers, governments and individuals.

Honoring CHC’s Medical Assistants

Honoring CHC’s Medical Assistants

A message from The Community Health Center, Inc.’s Chief Nursing Officer, Bernadette Thomas, APRN, DNP, MPH, in honor of National Medical Assistants Recognition Day. Greetings everyone: In recent years, CHC has undergone tremendous change and growth: we have moved from paper charts to electronic records, we moved from offices to pods, and most recently, we became a Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home.   Throughout all of these changes the role of CHC’s Medical Assistants has been transformed into a complex…

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Stamford CHC Participates in National Depression Screening Day

Stamford CHC Participates in National Depression Screening Day

On Thursday, October 11th, health centers across the United States offered depression screenings as part of a national day dedicated to the awareness and prevention of this behavioral illness. The staff at CHC Stamford partook in the event – titled National Depression Screening Day – and produced some outstanding results. Post-Doc Resident Amy Wicker saw all patients, medical and dental staff for consults, warm hand-offs and individual screenings. Amy engaged in 11 informational discussions with patients interested in CHC’s services…

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New Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Stephanie Fassu Noulaheu

New Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Stephanie Fassu Noulaheu

               Meet Stephanie Fassu Noulaheu, a new Nurse Practitioner in Residency at CHC!   –      Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? I got my RN and MSN education at Samuel Merritt University, California  –          What about joining CHC most excites you? We are part of the Patient Centered Medical Home movement, which in my opinion is the future of healthcare; and we’re doing it in the most innovative ways, for a population often forgotten by most.  –          If not…

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Below is a guest blog post composed by Nicole Jarjura, Patient Navigator for Early Detection Colorectal Cancer Screening at CHC. As we all well know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and is marked as a time when individuals, businesses, health care organizations (and even the National Football League) come together to promote awareness of the disease in many different ways. Some walk, some fundraise and some wear pink.CHC’s Early Detection Program would like to encourage all Middletown & Clinton…

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