Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, Director at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, Director at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, Director of the Preventive and Population Healthcare Models Group at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation which has launched the Million Hearts campaign to reduce cardiovascular disease. The 5 year campaign seeks to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes. It’s also the largest CMS experiment to date seeking to create a new pay-for-performance model in health care.

Dr. Tejal Gandhi, CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation

Dr. Tejal Gandhi, CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Tejal Gandhi, President and CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation and the Lucian Leape Institute at NPSF. They are dedicated to eliminating medical mistakes and patient harm in the health care system, as well as creating a safe environment for health care workers.

Rooftop Garden Club CHC Dinner

Rooftop Garden Club CHC Dinner

The Garden Club of Middletown collaborates each year with the MARC Community Resource, Inc. The Middletown Club and MARC joined forces to maintain six different plots from May to September.  Every Tuesday for the past several months in the afternoon fourteen to twenty members meet at the CHC Main building to be whisked away to the rooftop garden. This year they planted sunflowers, tomatoes, green beans, carrots, and much more for their rooftop dinners and St. Vincent DePaul. Although many…

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National Health Center Week 2015

National Health Center Week 2015

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…

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

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

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.