CHA Researchers Find Psychiatric Insurance Approvals Lead to Lengthy Waits and Wasted Physician Time 4/23/2013 8:21:15 PM

CHA ED Physician Details Experience Helping Bombing Victims at Boston Marathon 4/19/2013 8:12:55 PM

CHA's Pieter Cohen Discusses DMAA on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams 4/12/2013 6:06:21 PM

New York Times Story on Dangerous Supplement DMAA Features Insight From CHA's Pieter Cohen, MD 3/17/2013 9:09:28 PM

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Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have signed an agreement to form a clinical and academic affiliation to enhance care provided by both institutions. CHA patients will benefit from improved coordination, including shared electronic medical records, when they need more complex care from BIDMC specialists. BIDMC patients will benefit from access to CHA’s community hospital services, ensuring they will be able to receive high-quality care close to home.

“At the heart of this partnership is a mutual commitment to improve the health of the communities we serve,” said Patrick Wardell, CHA’s Chief Executive Officer. “This is an important component of our transformation into a high-performing, high-value health system that can better adapt to a rapidly changing marketplace with new payment models that aim to improve population health.”

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Partners HealthCare Honors CHA Pediatrician Jill Kasper, MD, for Teaching and Mentoring 5/22/2013 5:01:18 PM

Cambridge Health Alliance Earns an “A” in Patient Safety by Hospital Safety Score 5/20/2013 5:43:15 PM

Cambridge Health Alliance Physician Wins Harvard Teaching Award 5/16/2013 6:07:34 PM

Cambridge Health Alliance and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Sign Clinical and Academic Affiliation Agreement Partnership means better integrated care for patients in and out of hospital settings 5/2/2013 4:30:00 PM

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Somava Stout, MD, CHA’s Vice President for Patient-Centered Medical Home Development, is a leading expert on the use of a team-based approach to improve health outcomes for the underserved. In this capacity, she ensures the development and deployment of the medical home model of care across the CHA delivery system.

In order to achieve this transformation, Dr. Stout provides oversight and medical leadership for implementing the practices and processes that will support coordinated, integrated, patient and family-centered care along with the staff training and team development needed to effectively deliver care in this new model. Dr. Stout, who has been invited to share her experiences with developing the patient-centered medical home neighborhood model of care throughout the country, recently was a featured panelist on a Modern Healthcare webcast titled “Building a Better Medical Home.”