Cambridge Health Alliance Physician Wins Harvard Teaching Award
5/16/2013
Cambridge , Mass. – Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) physician Marie-Louise Jean-Baptiste, MD, has been awarded the Harvard Medical School (HMS) 2013 Charles McCabe Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Since 1982, this honor has been bestowed on HMS’s most outstanding teachers, a highly select group of the School's leading medical educators. Dr. Jean-Baptiste received the prize in recognition of her outstanding teaching, both in CHA’s primary care clerkship and its HMS-Cambridge Integrated Clerkship...
Cambridge Health Alliance Primary Care Practices Awarded Highest Level Recognition by National Committee for Quality Assurance
3/18/2013
Cambridge, Mass. — Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a Harvard-affiliated healthcare system that serves Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's metro-north region, announced today that four of its primary care practices have been awarded Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home 2011 program. Cambridge Family Health, Cambridge Family Health North, Broadway Health Center in Somerville, and the Malden Family Medicine Center received Level 3 Recognition, th...
CHA Union Square Family Health Center Earns National Recognition
11/28/2012
Somerville , Mass. — Cambridge Health Alliance’s Union Square Family Health center has been identified as an “exemplar practice” by a new national program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called The Primary Care Team: Learning from Effective Ambulatory Practices (the LEAP Project). Union Square Family Health, located at 337 Somerville Ave. in Somerville, is one of up to 30 sites across the country selected for this distinction, chosen from hundreds of practices that were nominated by primary...
Cambridge Health Alliance VP Wins Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Young Leader Award
10/25/2012
Cambridge, Mass. – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced that Somava Stout, MD, of Cambridge Health Alliance is one of 10 winners of its first-ever RWJF Young Leader Award. The award recognizes leaders from across the U.S. who are ages 40 or under for their exceptional contributions to improving the health of the nation. The awards also signal the winners’ strong potential for future leadership. Dr. Somava Stout is a primary care physician who is committed to improving the health of ...
Three Cambridge Health Alliance Physicians Appointed to Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care Faculty
10/22/2012
Cambridge, MA… Three physicians from Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a leading provider of primary care in the Boston area, have been appointed to the Center for Primary Care, created in 2010 by Harvard Medical School (HMS) to address the current crisis in primary care with innovative solutions. “We are growing in leaps and bounds, underscoring the urgency of the Center’s work and the need for innovation and change in primary care,” said Russell Phillips, MD, Director of the Center for P...
Secretary Bigby Joins CHA to Celebrate Support from Obama Administration to Enhance Care at Safety Net Hospitals
9/27/2012
Cambridge, MA... Massachusetts Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. JudyAnn Bigby today joined local elected officials and leaders from the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) at its Cambridge Hospital Campus to celebrate funding from the Obama Administration for Massachusetts safety net hospitals to advance integrated care and cost containment goals. “I thank the Obama Administration and our congressional and state legislative partners for supporting this initiative that will help our safety net hospita...
Cambridge Health Alliance to Host Malden Community Health Fair on Thursday, September 13
8/15/2012
Malden, MA… Cambridge Health Alliance will host the Malden Community Health Fair on Thursday, September 13th, from 4 – 7 p.m. The family-friendly event will take place at the CHA Malden Family Medicine Center, located at 195 Canal St. in Malden (next to Anthony’s Restaurant). It is free and open to the public. Doctors and staff will offer tours of the center and discuss available services. The fair will also feature live music, dancing, food, and health screenings. Representatives from a wide range of c...
CHA's Windsor Street Health Center Welcomes Kate Lupton, MD
5/24/2012
Cambridge, MA... Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announced that physician Kate Lupton, MD, has joined the staff at its Windsor Street Health Center. She sees adults of all ages and is currently accepting new patients. Dr. Lupton earned her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco, where she also completed an internal medicine residency and a clinician educator fellowship. She most recently served as an attending physician at Boston Medical Center, a position she held since 2009. Boa...
Cambridge Health Alliance Launches CHA Doctor Finder Service
5/17/2012
Cambridge , MA … Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a Harvard-affiliated integrated healthcare system, has introduced a new tool to improve patient service. The CHA Doctor Finder Service is a dedicated phone line established to meet the needs of CHA’s growing patient population. By dialing the Doctor Finder Service line at 617-665-1305, callers will be connected to a call center equipped to make appointments and help patients find a care provider. With this service, CHA aims to both gain and retain primar...
Cambridge Health Alliance Receives Grant from Harvard Medical School to Transform Primary Care Practices
Four CHA clinics among the 17 Boston-area practices selected for two-year grants to transform health care training and delivery
3/12/2012
Cambridge, MA… Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is one of six Boston-area hospitals and health systems selected for the newly formed Academic Innovations Collaborative launched by the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care (HMSCPC), which will provide more than $10 million in resources over two years to 17 hospital-based primary care teaching practices and affiliated community health practice partners. CHA will receive a $1 million grant and provide an additional $1 million in matching funds...
CHA Somerville Hospital Primary Care Welcomes Three New Physicians
12/14/2011
Somerville, MA...Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announced the addition of three physicians to the staff at its Somerville Hospital Primary Care center: Rachel Stark, MD, MPH, Carole Demosthene, MD, and Cassandra Murphy, MD. All three see adults of all ages and are currently accepting new patients. Rachel Stark, MD, MPH, received her medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine and performed her internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. She then completed an i...
Cambridge Health Alliance Geriatrics Chief Honored for Community Service to Elders
11/10/2011
Cambridge, MA...Anne Fabiny, MD, Chief of Geriatrics at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), is this year's recipient of the Nancy P. Kahn Community Service Award from Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services. SCES Assistant Executive Director Mary Ann Dalton presented Dr. Fabiny with the award at the 12th Annual Serving Seniors Celebration on Wednesday, November 9, at the Somerville City Club. The award honors the memory of Nancy Kahn, a case manager and supervisor at Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services for more...
New Doctors Join the CHA Malden Family Medicine Center
4/20/2011
Malden, MA... Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) has expanded the staff at the CHA Malden Family Medicine Center with the addition of new family medicine physicians Warren Bodine, DO, Freeman Changamire, MD, ScD, Honor MacNaughton, MD, and George Maxted, MD. The physicians, who are all accepting new patients, will help improve primary care access for residents in Malden and the surrounding communities. Warren Bodine, DO, is board certified in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine and specializes in medical m...