New HealthCorps Navigator Profile – Ruthie Tallents

New HealthCorps Navigator Profile – Ruthie Tallents

Meet Ruthie Tallents, a new HealthCorps Navigator serving at the Family Wellness Center in New Britain! Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? –          I spend my undergrad at the University at Buffalo and got a BS in Pharmacology & Toxicology.  What about joining CHC most excites you? –          I’m looking forward to getting to know the families that come through the Family Wellness Center.  It’s exciting to be able to have a hand in many of the programs…

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QI Microsystems Symposium – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

QI Microsystems Symposium – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Below is a piece written by Jackie Wang, a HealthCorps Navigator at the Community Health Center, Inc. serving in Quality Improvement. She recently took part in a symposium put on by CHC’s QI department which featured representatives from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals of the UK. When I arrived at CHC in August, I remember being impressed by so many aspects of the organization. From the comprehensive care it provides, to its statewide presence, to the beautiful rooftop garden in Middletown, I was blown away. I spent…

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Lillian Reba Moses

Lillian Reba Moses

From Mark Masselli: Tonight, I write with great sadness to say that Reba Moses, one of CHC’s founders, died this evening.  Just a week ago, she entered the hospice at Middlesex and family and friends gathered round.  We sat and talked and held her hand, and though Reba was weak, she was all there as we remembered the times we had shared and the work she had done.  Last night, she had made the decision to return to Middlesex Convalescent…

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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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