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Annual Thanksgiving Meal Support For CHC Families

November 23, 2011 Sofia Dupi

Each Year St Pius X Church in Middletown, CT in collaboration with the Middletown/Clinton Prenatal/Medical Departments offer a Thanksgiving feast for families in need. Hurricane Irene, the unusual snow storm in October and the economy have impacted the amount of donations typically made to our state’s food banks and other charitable organizations and all have felt the crunch. Although we were concerned about how this might affect the Annual Thanksgiving Meal Support for our families, the generosity of parishioners from…

Dr. Sanjeev Arora, founder of the Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (Project ECHO).

November 23, 2011 Sofia Dupi

Conversations focuses this week on an innovative model of care that’s linking primary care providers with specialists in rural and underserved areas of the country. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Sanjeev Arora, founder of Project ECHO®, about how the ECHO model has the potential to increase access, improve health outcomes, and support primary care providers in caring for complex conditions.

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.