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National Health Center Week 2015

August 20, 2015 Chelsea Pepe

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) celebrated National Health Center Week 2015 (NHCW), as part of a weeklong campaign (August 9 -15) by providing free, family friendly events across the state of Connecticut. Community Health Center’s highlight their 50th year of success with providing quality health care nationwide by hosting community events. Some of the accomplishments America’s Health Center’s provide are $24 billion in annual health systems savings, reducing infant mortality rates, and reduced unnecessary hospitalizations. CHC felt the best way to…

Dr. John Lumpkin, Sr. Vice President at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

August 18, 2015 Marianne OHare

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. John Lumpkin, Sr. VP and Director of Targeted Teams at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Lumpkin runs the RWJF project targeting childhood obesity and talks about the myriad strategies aimed reducing the obesity epidemic among the nation’s children.

Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine

August 11, 2015 Marianne OHare

This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Foreign Secretary for the National Academy of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences and recent Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Hamburg discusses the changes initiated at the FDA under her leadership and the enormous challenge of keeping the nation’s drug and food stream safe in a globalized supply chain.

Puerto Rican Festival in Meriden

August 3, 2015 Sofia Dupi

This Sunday, CHC participated in the Puerto Rican Festival in Meriden. You can see pictures on our Facebook page Amy Taylor, Vice President Western Region sent the following messages to thank people who participated. I want to send a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated in Sunday’s Puerto Rican Festival in Meriden- Doug, Idiana, Jose, Mike, Migdaliz, Carmen, Jen, and Anika. It was a very successful event with 6 people getting HIV testing and countless people receiving education on safe…

Dr. Steven J. Stack, President of the American Medical Association

August 3, 2015 Marianne OHare

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Steven J. Stack, President of the American Medical Association,the largest professional organization representing the nation’s physicians and medical students. Dr. Stack addresses the medical profession’s ongoing transformation with health IT and meaningful use, ICD-10 adoption and the need to redesign medical training to meet 21st century challenges in the health profession.

Susannah Fox, Chief Technology Officer at the Department of Health and Human Services

July 27, 2015 Marianne OHare

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Susannah Fox, Chief Technology Officer at the Department of Health and Human Services. Ms. Fox discusses the culture of innovation underway at HHS including the HHS Idea Lab and Health Datapalooza which liberates health data to researchers and tech entrepreneurs seeking to create improvements in health care.