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Rags to Riches, Wherever You Are

November 22, 2011 Sofia Dupi

This morning, I received a wonderful email from Dr. Becky Eleck, one of our physicians who works with our Wherever You Are (WYA) program providing health care for those without stable housing: After an amazing experience Saturday night, I decided that I have to share it with you. Pat Mik (WYA’s amazing nurse) and I attended the first ever fashion show at Shepherd Home, a transitional living shelter in Middletown, CT. It was incredible! One of the shelter residents dreamed…

Our Best Wishes to Aury Hernandez

November 18, 2011 Sofia Dupi

Today is Aury Hernandez’s last day at Community Health Center. She is joining the Army to serve the country. During the period Aury was with us as a medical assistant in at our Groton site, she was dedicated to her work and performed excellent job. She is very dependable and reliable and our patient and our coworkers liked her very much. OUR VERY BEST WISHES TO YOU AURY FOR A WONDERFUL FUTURE! We will miss you very much.

A Healthy Meal

November 18, 2011 Sofia Dupi

Last month, the AmeriCorps Members at the Community Health Center led a food drive for the Amazing Grace Food Pantry which is a program of St. Vincent de Paul. Yesterday, we received the following message from Mimi Rich, on of the Families Feeding Families Coordinators: Dear Nicole and CHC staff- That 626 pounds of food you delivered on 10/7/11 goes a really long way toward stocking our pantry shelves. It takes a lot of food to fill the shopping bags of the almost 900…

Jeff Margolis, founder of the Trizetto Group

November 16, 2011 Eliza Cole

Conversations focuses this week on using system science to create a healthcare system that is coordinated, consistent, efficient and based on best practices. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Jeff Margolis, founder of the Trizetto Group, about his vision for health care– Integrated Healthcare Management– and why this is the right time for a solution based on information technology.

Dr. Michelle Gourdine, physician, author and health policy consultant.

November 9, 2011 Sofia Dupi

This week on Conversations on Health Care®, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Michelle Gourdine about the individual, cultural and social factors that have led to poor health outcomes among African Americans. She’ll discuss how everything from lifestyle advice to understanding how to navigate the healthcare system is important to bridge this gap in health status.

November is Diabetes Awareness Month

November 8, 2011 Sofia Dupi

A guest blog post by Dr. Stefanie Nigro who is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of CT School of Pharmacy. A few weeks ago, I was visiting my family in NY and ran into my old friend Kerri. Although it’s been a long time since I’ve seen her, I will always remember the first time we officially met. I ended up in the nurse’s office after scraping my knee playing kickball. While the nurse was attending to my…