This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Jeffery Brenner, Founder and Executive Director of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers. Dr. Brenner speaks about the data-driven, “hotspotter” approach he developed to reduce health care costs by indentifying high-use patients and more effectively and efficiently addressing their multiple needs.
Meet Shahzeb Kazi, a new HealthCorps Navigator serving in Access to Care! – Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? I graduated from Uconn in May of 2012 with a degree in Psychology. I am currently in the process of applying to medical school. – What about joining CHC most excites you? I am excited about the many different volunteer opportunities available at CHC and learning more about healthcare. – If not seeing patients/serving at CHC you would rather be…
Starting tomorrow, we will be posting fun, weekly profiles of the new HealthCorps Navigators (formerly known as AmeriCorps members), Nurse Practitioner Residents, and Post Docs at the Community Health Center, Inc. Please stay tuned every Tuesday for a brief introduction, and make sure to say hello to the newest members of the CHC community when you see them around!
Today, Friday, September 21st, was the 7th annual Run @ Work day, sponsored by the Road Runners Club of America. While CHC does have some outstanding athletes, we have many more employees that are simply trying to stay fit or even get fit. At CHC we are focused on more than health. We are concerned about the wellness of our patients and our staff. We have a wellness committee that helped organize Run at Work events at some of our…
Tomorrow, over 50 staff from CHC will participate in the 17th annual Stand Down at the Connecticut Veterans Home in Rocky Hill. This event provides free services, assistance and information to Connecticut Veterans. The past few days have been a flutter with people preparing for the event, and folks from CHC will be arriving early in the morning to make sure everything is all set up. A major part of CHCs contribution to Stand Down is our dental services. Residents…
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Sarah Kliff, Senior Health Correspondent for the Washington Post and Wonkblog, the daily blog at the Washington Post. Ms. Kliff analyzes the health plans and policies of President Obama as well as his Republican Challenger, Mitt Romney, and examines at the potential for changes to the Affordable Care Act should there be a change in administrations.