COVID Vaccine Clinic – Saturday December 16
Charles River Community Health is holding a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic for the community. Saturday December 16, 20231:00 – 4:00 pmISBCC Mosque — 100 Malcolm X Boulevard — Roxbury, MA Clinic is open to all community members aged 6 months or older! No appointment, insurance, or ID required! We will be offering Pfizer vaccines. Interpretation services […]
Support Health Equity on Giving Tuesday
Imagine if you couldn’t communicate with your primary care provider? What would it be like if you couldn’t explain to the nurse health concerns for you, or your child? Or be able to speak with your pharmacist about the side effects from the new medication you started taking? At Charles River Community Health, 73% of our patients […]
CRCH Recognized by American Heart Association
Charles River Community Health was recently recognized by the American Heart Association for our efforts in cholesterol management, hypertension management, and Type 2 diabetes management based on our 2022 outcomes. Here is more information about each program: Check. Change. Control. Cholesterol This initiative aims to improve awareness, detection, and management of high cholesterol by […]
CRCH Hosts Democratic Whip Katherine Clark
Charles River Community Health was proud to host Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) earlier this month as she was presented with the 2023 Distinguished Community Health Center Champion Award during a visit to our Waltham location. After a tour of the facility, Clark was presented the award by the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers […]
CRCH Receives Grant from BPH for Our Call Center
Charles River Community Health recently received a $200,000 grant from the Boston Public Health Commission to help with the cost of the transition of bringing our patient call center back to an in-house operation. The funds will be used to cover a portion of costs for staffing and managing the call center, which will help […]
CRCH Receives Capital Investment Grant
CRCH has been awarded a grant of just over $1,078,000 as part of the state’s Community Health Center Capital Investment Grant Program! This program was established thanks to community health centers advocating to the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers for capital funding and in turn, the League successfully advocating to our elected officials and the state for […]
Leadership Changes in Our Vision Department
We are pleased to announce some upcoming leadership changes in our vision department. As you may know, Charles River Community Health partners with the New England College of Optometry (NECO) to provide vision care to our patients. Through that relationship, NECO faculty members and clinicians act not only as department leaders and clinicians here at […]
Changes to CRCH Masking Policies
Today, May 11, marks the end of the COVID pandemic Public Health Emergency. Given this, as well as current CDC guidance and input from our providers, and considering the patient populations we care for, we are making a change to our masking policy. We are not dropping all masking requirements, and we are aware that other […]
Community COVID Vaccine Clinic in Waltham on April 15
Charles River Community Health will be holding a community COVID-19 vaccine clinic. Saturday, April 15, 2023 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Waltham Boys & Girls Club 20 Exchange St, Waltham We will be offering Pfizer vaccines and booster shots at this clinic. The clinic is open to all community members aged 6 months or older. […]
Congratulations to Majority Leader Michael Moran!
Charles River Community Health would like to congratulate Representative Michael J. Moran (18-Suffolk) who was recently named House Majority Leader! House Speaker Ron Mariano tapped Rep. Moran to serve as his majority leader, elevating the 10-term veteran from Brighton to the No. 2 role in House leadership. Leader Moran previously served as an assistant majority leader, and he also led the House’s […]
