May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. To honor it, CRCH’s Behavioral Health team will be meeting to help coordinate a plan to provide mental health awareness and basic interventions for our patients by providing information and materials such as substance abuse conditions, behaviors, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, and other life stressors, etc. Information on Mental […]
CRCH supports Project Bread through Walk for Hunger
CRCH is a grateful recipient of Project Bread’s support for our Healthy Foods Program, which helps to provide supermarket vouchers to families in need. We are proud to support Project Bread’s annual Walk for Hunger event on May 7th, as our staff members participated in the walk and also volunteered for the event. Thanks everyone […]
CRCH website won Interactive Media Awards
Charles River Community Health website just won a Best of Category Award (Medical) from the Interactive Media Awards! In order to win this award level, our site successfully passed through a comprehensive judging process, achieving very high marks in each of the judging criteria. We would like to thank our website design partner, Corey McPherson Nash, […]
Our Community Health department presented at the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care
The Student Leadership Committee of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care hosted a seminar for their Community Health in Action series, and our Associate Director Francisca Guevara spoke eloquently about her many years of experience, working closely with vulnerable populations and the vital role of community health workers in improving the health outcomes […]
CRCH honored by William James College
Last night at William James College’s annual gala, our Director of Behavioral Health Jose Morrell accepted a Community Service & Teaching Award on behalf of the health center; honoring the 14 year partnership that CRCH has had with the College. Through our partnership with WJC, we train students to work in an integrated healthcare setting […]
CRCH joins NACHC to advocate for Community Health Centers
Our Executive Director Liz Browne is in DC this week (and here with MA’s own Senator Warren!), joining the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) to advocate for all community health centers across the country.
CRCH featured in WBZ-TV News
As we are all aware, there have been many recent proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act, and their potential effect on community health centers like CRCH and our patients. Our Executive Director Elizabeth Browne was interviewed by local TV station WBZ-TV to talk about these potential challenges. Check out the video here.
Advancing Teams in Community Health
Advancing Teams in Community Health Charles River Community Health received a grant to use patient navigators/community health workers to improve care for patients with complex care needs. Funding was made available to advance care coordination, enhance patient outcomes, and increase provider, staff, and trainee satisfaction. Projects are to help catalyze the transformation to high functioning, […]
Food as Medicine – Charles River featured in WBUR Article
CRCH has been featured in a new article on WBUR, one of Boston’s local radio station. The article, “Food As Medicine: Rethinking Hunger Relief As Health Care”, explores the critical relationship between what we eat and how that contributes to our overall state of health. Check out the article here!
Free Legal Clinic for CRCH Patients
To assist our patients navigate through changes in immigration policies, CRCH is offering a free onsite immigration legal clinic to our patients. Please call 617-208-1562 to make an appointment.
