We are LIVE on Epic!
On December 1, 2022, Charles River Community Health (CRCH) joined 10 Federally Qualified Health Centers in Massachusetts in coordination with the Community Technology Cooperative (CTC) and transitioned our electronic health record system to Epic. This was the culmination of many months of coordinated work by staff and departments at CRCH to get us ready for the conversion. Epic is a […]
Epic is Coming on December 1!
On December 1, 2022, Charles River Community Health will join 12 Federally Qualified Health Centers in Massachusetts in coordination with the Community Technology Cooperative (CTC) to transition our electronic health record system to Epic. Epic is a patient-centered platform that features a single, fully-integrated system which will help us better manage patient care will provide our patients with improved care […]
Our Partnership with NECO
CRCH has had a long relationship with the New England College of Optometry (NECO). CRCH was proud to participate in and help sponsor NECO’s recent celebration marking 50 years of commitment to community-based training. Back in the early 1970s progressive optometrists were pushing back against the tradition of optometry practice scope and leaning toward a broader scope […]
CRCH Receives Grant to Support Patients Living with Chronic Conditions
Charles River Community Health was recently awarded a grant of $23,998 from The Rabbi Abraham Halbfinger and Charlesview Charitable Fund. The grant will be used to support patients living with chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and chronic pain. CRCH will offer the Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), a six-week program that assists with […]
CRCH to Launch New Epic Electronic Health Records System on December 1, 2022
Charles River Community Health is pleased to announce we will be transitioning to the Epic Electronic Health Records (EHR) system on December 1, 2022. Epic will provide our patients with improved care and access to a new, online patient portal. CRCH is part of a larger group of 12 area community health centers known as […]
Gerry Byrne Joins CRCH as Chief Financial Officer
Charles River Community Health is pleased to announce that Gerry Byrne (he/his) CMA, CPA, MBA has joined us as our new Chief Financial Officer. Gerry has over 20 years of nonprofit accounting experience, most recently as the finance and research administrator director of a large science department at Harvard University and as Controller at the […]
Celebrating the Inflation Reduction Act in Waltham
On September 2, Charles River Community Health CEO Liz Browne, joined Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and our Congresswoman representing Waltham Katherine Clark (MA-5), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, Waltham Mayor Jeannette McCarthy and Everett Handford, New England Regional Director for HRSA, along with […]
CRCH Receives Grant to Help Advance Health Equity
Earlier this month, during National Health Center Week, the Department of Health and Human Services through HRSA, awarded nearly $90 million in American Rescue Plan funding to nearly 1,400 community health centers across the country to advance health equity through better data collection and reporting. On Friday, August 5, President Biden issued a proclamation on National […]
CRCH Celebrates National Health Center Week!
Charles River Community Health was proud to again participate in National Health Center Week by hosting our annual Family Health Fair at both the Waltham and Brighton locations on August 9 and 10. The fair was open to all patients and their families and offered a wide variety of information and activities including: Health Screening and Information […]
CRCH Receives $350,000 Grant From Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Charles River Community Health (CRCH) is pleased to announce that it will receive a grant of $350,000 as part of a statewide $12.5 million in grant funding to the League of Community Health Centers for 35 Community Health Centers (CHCs) in Massachusetts. The funding was included in a supplemental budget signed by Governor Baker in […]
