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Taking Leadership in Promoting Interagency Cooperation

July 24, 2012 Sofia Dupi

Part of the mission statement of Community Health Center, Inc. is “The Community Health Center, Inc. takes leadership in promoting interagency cooperation” and this week has started off with a sterling example. Several leaders from the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic in Washington State visited CHC this week to share ideas about best practices in community health. They visited our facilities in Middletown, Meriden and New Britain. They joined in discussions about quality improvement, innovations, technology, residency programs and being…

Dr. Clement Bezold, Chairman of The Institute for Alternative Futures

July 18, 2012 Sofia Dupi

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with futurist Dr. Clement Bezold, co-founder and Chairman of the Institute for Alternative Futures. Dr. Bezold outlines his report on the future of health care in America, based on long term analysis of the impact of technology, genomics and health care reform.

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber

July 11, 2012 Sofia Dupi

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with physician and Governor of Oregon, John Kitzhaber, who discusses the state’s recent two billion dollar federal grant to deploy a program to reduce Medicaid costs using patient centered homes, community health workers, telemedicine and electronic health records.

Keep the Sun Fun event 2012

July 10, 2012 Hope Brigham

In the beginning of January, I attended a meeting about a grant that CHC had received from the Department of Public Health. The grant was specifically for CHC to host a skin cancer and sun safety awareness event sometime during July which seemed like centuries away at the time. It was decided that the event would be called “KEEP THE SUN FUN” and the ball slowly began to roll in the direction of Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, CT….

Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children

July 4, 2012 Sofia Dupi

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children. Miles discusses the organization’s three year study on global child mortality, focusing on newborns, and the strategies being employed to reduce mortality rates. Miles also discusses technological innovations that are allowing Save the Children to serve over 80 million children living in more than 120 countries, including the US.

PTSD: Universal Awareness

June 29, 2012 Hope Brigham

I had the pleasure to meet with Dr. Velandy Manohar of the Community Health Center, Inc. to speak about the important and sometimes sensitive topic of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). On Wednesday, June 27, I was informed that it was Veterans and National PTSD Awareness Day and that the entire month of June serves as a month dedicated to this very important observance. With only 1% of the US population serving within our armed forces, this is definitely a…