[Excerpted from Chicago Tribune] Free and charitable clinics with pharmacies may also benefit from the new law. Such clinics, which give uninsured and underinsured patients free services and medication, already receive donated or low-cost drugs, but typically only...
My first day at CommunityHealth was November 11, 2019. It is hard to believe that it’s been two full years, and just as difficult to believe that it has only been two full years. After all, I started as the CEO just 121 days before the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Everyone knows that a healthy diet is one of the best forms of preventative medicine. Diabetes and high blood pressure are two of our most common diagnoses at CommunityHealth, and both conditions are significantly impacted by the food an individual eats. A proper diet...
In December of 2020, CommunityHealth lost long-time staff member Sara Villanueva. Her absence in the clinic is felt every day, but the warmth of her memory is alive and well. Sara worked at CommunityHealth for 13 years, overseeing the Front Desk before becoming the...
MATTER and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago recently partnered to provide mentorship and support to a handful of innovative startups that focus on eliminating the social, economic, and cultural barriers that prevent many Chicagoans from receiving adequate health care. Back...
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