CHC Prepares for National Health Center Week

CHC Prepares for National Health Center Week

National Health Center Week is officially August 5-11 this year, but for us at CHC and at many other health centers around the country, it is always Health Center Week.  Here in Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed an Official Statement proclaiming August 5-11 National Health Center Week in Connecticut. We’re starting early with a health fair at our New Britain Site on Thursday, August 2, from 11 am to 2 pm.  The health fair will include free screenings and…

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CHC at BlogHer 2012

CHC at BlogHer 2012

This coming Friday, CHC’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Nwando Olayiwola will participate in a panel at BlogHer 2012 entitled “The state of the world’s mothers: working together to save & improve lives”. Attendees will hear from Save the Children about the state of global motherhood in the U.S. and around the world and will learn how Johnson & Johnson and its partner organizations are addressing some of the challenges.  Attendees also will learn how to can get involved in raising…

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Healthy Tomorrows

Healthy Tomorrows

For the past five years, CHC has run a program called “Healthy Tomorrows” for adolescent girls enrolled in New Britain High School.  This program has sought to promote healthy eating and physical activity in individual teen girls through nutritional counseling and YWCA memberships while providing leadership training to make teens powerful advocates for a healthier community for themselves and their families.  The program has exceeded its original goals.  Last month, a final report was issued on the success of the…

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Miso Soup for the Mind, Body and Soul

Miso Soup for the Mind, Body and Soul

Vending machines are becoming the last thing on employee’s minds at the Community Health Center, Inc. of Middletown.  Employee wellness is a huge campaign among CHC staff and some new ways to snack throughout the work day are being introduced to get people excited for more to come. Last week, CEO, Mark Masselli and Dr. Lecce were the first two people to sample the brand new Miso soup machine now located in the staff commons area of the Community room…

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The CHC Mobile Check-in App

The CHC Mobile Check-in App

Staff at CHC take an active role in finding ways to improve patient experiences, including something as seemingly simple as just checking in. Last year, our technology team introduced Patient Kiosks. We are using kiosks at more and more of our sites to make it quicker and simpler to check-in when a patient arrives for an appointment. Some of the underlying technology from our patient kiosks can be securely used to build a mobile check-in App, a first for a community health…

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Dr. BJ Fogg, Director of the Persuasive Technology Lab, Stanford University

Dr. BJ Fogg, Director of the Persuasive Technology Lab, Stanford University

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. BJ Fogg, Director of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University, and author of Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do. Dr. Fogg discusses how computers can change and motivate people and the potential for mobile health technologies to greatly impact health outcomes.