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Former Senator Tom Daschle, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center

February 22, 2012 Sofia Dupi

This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with former Senate Majority Leader, Tom Daschle, now co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center. Senator Daschle discusses the Center’s recent report, “Transforming Healthcare: The Role of Health IT”. He outlines the steps that need to be taken to speed up the transition to universal use of electronic health records and digitized health information as a fundamental preface to real health care reform.

Dr. John Moore, Director, MIT Media Lab Health and Wellness Innovation 2012

February 15, 2012 Sofia Dupi

This week on Conversations on Health Care, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. John Moore, innovator of health care technology at the MIT Media Lab. Dr. Moore discusses his award-winning patient/care provider interface known as “CollaboRythm” as well as his “Health and Wellness Innovation 2012” competition in which teams of researchers, physicians and designers gathered at MIT for two weeks to invent new tech solutions to common health care problems.

School Based Health Centers

February 13, 2012 Sofia Dupi

As part of National SBHC Awareness Month, Nat Holmes has provided a brief history and background on CHC’s School Based Health Centers. Community Health Center’s first School Based Health Center, the Rita Hayes Wellness Center, was started in nearly two decades ago in April, 1993 at the Macdonough Elementary School in Middletown, CT. CHC went on to open the Woodrow Wilson School Based Health Center in 1995 at Wilson Middle School and at Keigwin Middle School in 2000. Over the…

Vinnie’ Jump and Jive

February 13, 2012 Sofia Dupi

Saturday, January 28th – Music and lights spill out onto the street, and the chalk sign invites everyone in. “Swing tonight!” it says. And so it begins. Vinnie’s Jump and Jive, a thriving hub for Connecticut swing, is back in action. Our kick-off event last month was packed with dancers, young and old, beginners and experienced, lindy-hoppers and East-Coasters, from Southington, New Haven, Hartford, Bloomfield – you name it. With music by one of the best DJs around, and teaching…

New Horizon’s Domestic Violence Services Program Receives Grant from Middlesex County Community Foundation

February 10, 2012 Sofia Dupi

Community Health Center, Inc.’s New Horizon’s Domestic Violence Services program has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Middlesex County Community Foundation Board of Directors. The grant is made possible by the generosity of the Ann T. D’Addario Family Foundation Fund. The grant funding will be used to support New Horizon’s Child Advocate Serivces program. This program, which has been in effect since the inception of New Horizons in 1979, is an essential resource for children and teens whose lives…

Jonathan Linkous, CEO, American Telemedicine Association

February 8, 2012 Sofia Dupi

This week on Conversations on Health Care, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association. They discuss the rapid growth of tech applications in health care and the “gold rush” of opportunities being generated in telemedicine for both caregivers and patient engagement.