Visit from a friend
A QUICK VISIT Two weeks ago we received a call from Steve Noblett, Executive Director of Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF) that he was going to be in Buffalo for the weekend but was arriving early. Could he come visit us in Rochester? Of course, our response was a hearty “YES!” What follows is a brief report posted by the CCHF office to its mailing list: While in Buffalo Steve decided to head down the road for a quick visit with Janet Thirlby, Executive Director, and her team at His Branches in Rochester, NY. Steve was able to tour the nearly completed renovation of...
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Interwoven This year’s theme for the annual CCHF Conference, held in Cincinnati on March 28-30, was “Interwoven” – how do we embody the living message of God’s healing in our everyday work as clinicians caring for the afflicted? At the last minute, due to the unexpected loss of a key staff member, our team from HBHS had to stay back to care for patients, but Dr. Morehouse was able to participate and lead two workshops. All 725 from around the country who were able to attend were deeply encouraged. The attached PDF is an incomplete overview of the conference with...
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Health center achieves patient-centered milestone By Robin L. Flanigan – January 28, 2019 Three years ago, before the community health center His Branches partnered with Common Ground Health, this was a typical scenario: Moments into a patient’s visit, Medical Director Dr. Matthew Mack would realize he didn’t have the MRI results he needed. He’d then dart to the front of the office to find out where they were. A secretary would search for, and ultimately find, them—just in time for the patient’s visit to end. “There was zero foresight and the stress level was much higher,” he recalls....
Read MoreSatcher Awards 4/25
Keynote by David Satcher The ninth annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards and Special Grand Rounds features a keynote lecture by David Satcher ’72M (Res), the 16th Surgeon General of the United States. The event runs from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at URMC in the Helen Wood Hall Auditorium (1W304), School of Nursing. Register online. Free parking is available in the Saunders Research Building parking lot. Direct questions to Gail Hamilton at 224-3050 or by email. ASL interpreters will be available, and the event can be viewed live...
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CCHF Conference Recap Thanks to all who attended, and to all who shared their experiences and ideas. We have already started working on CCHF Conference 2018. We are putting together a prayer team now for next year’s conference. Prayer is our priority, and prayer makes a huge difference as we plan and produce the conference. We want Christ at the center throughout every aspect. He is the Alpha and Omega, and we want to honor Him as such in the conference. If you are willing to be part of the prayer team, let us know by dropping us an email at:...
Read MorePopulation Health
What does the future hold? In a series of article on Population Health this week in Medical Economics (click on image below) the authors discuss a number of recent developments in medical practice that we’ve been actively involved in at His Branches Health Services over the past few years. One of the primary questions is, how will these changes be affected by the recent shift in power in Washington, DC? What is “population health”? By definition it is “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group,”...
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