This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, who took office just as his state was implementing the most far-reaching health reform to date in this country. Governor Patrick discusses the impact of these reforms on health, healthcare, costs, and the economy in his state and his views about the national impact of the Affordable Care Act.
It was around thirty years ago. I was a college student teaching at an elementary school in Ohio. I had grown up in the Northeast and had never been in a tornado drill, but there I was, as the sirens sounded. Fortunately, the young students all knew what to do and the teacher whose class I was helping with quickly led me through the motions of the drill. This morning, there was a state wide tornado drill across Virginia. I…
Yvette Highsmith-Francis, director for CHC sites in Hartford. County started reading the poem, “A Boy in Blue”. Blue and gold are the colors this morning, Boys in uniform shiny and bright; With smiling faces to left and right, We pay tribute to our Cub Scout tonight. Around her, a couple dozen cub scouts from Pack 732 in New Britain listened on. It was there day. Some were moving up from Tiger to Bear, others were moving on to Webelos, or…
The following is from an email by Amy Taylor edited for the blog: On Tuesday, March 13th the Franklin Street Community Health Center partnered with Neighbor’s Link of Stamford to hold a Health Day. CHC of Stamford brought an array of medical staff and diagnostic equipment to Neighbor’s Link to break down the barriers to accessing medical care. CHC’s Mobile Dental unit had two dental chairs in use for the duration of the day. CHC also offered glucose testing, blood…
In the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Care Coordination Measures Atlas, they say, “Care coordination means different things to different people; no consensus definition has fully evolved.” Different people have different perspectives, depending on whether they are patients, providers, or other people involved in the health care system. It can be compounded depending on whether you are dealing with primary care or the emergency room. Recently, the Aetna Foundation announced $750,000 in grants for Studies to Improve Coordination of…
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Larry Levitt, Co-Executive Director of the Kaiser Initiative on Health Care Reform and Private Insurance. Mr. Levitt outlines a series of innovative tools his team has produced that give consumers and policy makers alike immediate information on the likely impact of the Affordable Care Act on individuals, groups and communities.