CHA is hiring! This week’s featured role is for a general maintenance technician/electrician at the CHA Central Square Care Center in Somerville. Read more: https://buff.ly/2Hv1QbH
“CHA may not be the biggest system but we take quality and safety precautions seriously to keep everyone safe,” said CHA nurser manager Gilberto Gamba. Read more about Gilberto’s story: https://buff.ly/3mtS3T3
CHA PACE offers physical and occupational therapy programs. Depending on your needs, CHA PACE can help you stay strong. Learn more: https://buff.ly/2FoWTzW
Do you need help finding services or resources in your community? If you're a CHA patient, a Patient Resource Coordinator can help you get signed up and find what you need. Meet Antoinette. https://buff.ly/33Wsm5a
CHA physicians Gaurab Basu and Charlotte Rastas discussed the emerging effort to embed climate change teachings in residency programs in this NPR story. “This is something that needs to be directly integrated into the curriculum and needs to become standard of practice,” said Dr. Rastas.
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Teaching Doctors In Training To Connect Climate Change And Health Care
Search for local services in the community! We launched CHA Connect where people can search for local social services in the community. Check it out: cha-connect.org
With it being Emergency Nurses Week, we wanted to thank our ED nurses for their incredible and compassionate efforts. Pictured are some of the nurses in our Emergency Department!
Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the Somerville Museum is hosting “Voices from Somerville's Haitian Community," a virtual event that will include a panel of local leaders and a discussion of the connections between U.S. and Haitian history.
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Voices from Somerville's Haitian Community
There is still time! It’s quick and easy to complete the 2020 Census online. The Census determines how important funding flows to communities each year. Learn more: Learn more: 2020census.gov
“We launched a telepsychiatry program in five days thanks to the herculean efforts of providers, administrative staff, and our performance improvement team,” said Dr. Carson. Read more about the rise of telepsychiatry at CHA: https://buff.ly/30xZsaT
CHA hosts virtual SMART Recovery Support Groups each Thursday, from 6 - 7 p.m., on Zoom. Learn more today: https://buff.ly/2HxNw1Y
Free virtual yoga! CHA Yoga is offered in the afternoons and evenings, Monday - Friday, via Zoom. Check it out: https://buff.ly/2Y1cvAv
Masks have become part of the new normal and help to protect yourself and others from #COVID19. Have you ever wondered the best way to wear a mask and keep it clean? Discover more: https://buff.ly/31pAQkV
CHA's next Mobile Market is Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., with the The Greater Boston Food Bank, Tufts Health Plan & Good Measures. #Revere residents and others can receive produce at the CHA Revere Care Center, 454 Broadway. Registration is required. Bring your CHA Mobile Market ID card or register at the market. Social distancing will be practiced and people will be asked to stand six ft. apart. Bags of food will be prepared ahead of time. There is a limited amount of food and there may be a wait to receive produce. We appreciate your patience.
Are you worried about overdoses happening where you work or live? The Cambridge Public Health Department offers free overdose prevention and response trainings on a monthly basis to the community and free on-site trainings for groups by appointment. Link: https://buff.ly/2DkZVEs
Happy Halloween from the staff at the CHA Union Square Family Health Center and the Testing Site in #Somerville. Gilberto, pictured on the far left in the bottom photo, was photoshopped into the picture.
Every day, we take care of everyone who comes through our doors as if they were our own family,” said CHA nurse educator Patty Poirier (right). Learn more about Patty and nurse educator Nancy McCune: https://buff.ly/34tSfuK
CHA hosts virtual SMART Recovery Support Groups each Thursday, from 6 - 7 p.m., on Zoom. Learn more today: https://buff.ly/2KMem5l
It’s #GivingTuesday! Please consider making a gift to CHA in honor of our healthcare staff as they take on #COVID19. 👉 https://buff.ly/2ynMAJd
All gifts will be matched up to $21,000.
Challenging times bring out the best in people. Today, on #GivingTuesday, please consider making a gift to CHA to honor our frontline healthcare workers as they battle #COVID19. All gifts will be matched up to $21,000. ➡️➡️ https://bit.ly/3dM9vNc
CHA is hiring! Check out this opening for an Off Shift #Nurse Manager in Psychiatry: https://buff.ly/377uNnh
CHA has been here for you throughout the pandemic and continues to offer the care you need when you need it. https://youtu.be/PmAt7pa1k-M
Speaking your own language with your doctor is better for your health! CHA has interpreters in more than 80 languages. Because everyone deserves great care. Need a new Primary Care doctor? Call CHA at 617-665-1305 or visit bit.ly/CHADFS
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We speak your language!
Listen to Dr. Xenia Johnson Bhembe's powerful words and see how CHA is for racial justice. https://buff.ly/2YIUsOZ
Do you have a parent or loved one who is a CHA patient and is age 75 or older? Help protect them by getting them a COVID vaccine appointment. Visit our website to find out how to schedule this visit in MyCHArt. Or, call their primary care clinic and follow the message prompts. https://buff.ly/2OkxOKZ
Vaccine safety FACT: People who do not have documents should get vaccinated. ICE/immigration will not be notified. Care To The People.
Many families continue to face challenges during the pandemic. CHA has got you covered with local resource guides with information, from housing to food, to help you get the support you need. https://buff.ly/3oTLkSA
Get in shape at any age. Test your strength with a simple chair test.
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It’s not too late to get in better shape - Harvard Health
Part 2: Being pregnant and deciding whether to get the COVID vaccine can be hard. Family Medicine doctor Julia Randall, MD shares her story.
Get answers to your COVID vaccine questions here: https://www.challiance.org/patients-visitors/covid-19-vaccine
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Getting the COVID vaccination while pregnant
CHA operations supervisor Leslie Montanez got vaccinated for her son, her parents and all of us. Thank you Leslie for caring about your family and community!
