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As immigrants arrive in buses from Texas, health providers get to work
[Excerpted from Crain's Chicago Business] "Onward House generally refers health care to the free CommunityHealth Clinic, whose main offices are in West Town on Chicago Avenue, which opened a telehealth microclinic at Onward during the pandemic. "Stephanie Willding,...
Here’s How You Can Help Migrants Arriving In Chicago From Texas
[Excerpted from Block Club Chicago] "CommunityHealth is one of the largest volunteer-based health centers in the United States, offering free services to low-income, uninsured Chicagoans, which is primarily an immigrant population, external affairs director Laura...
11 questions with Chicago’s Steph Willding, CEO of CommunityHealth
[Excerpted from Midwest Today] Many of our patients have never had a medical home that provides a comprehensive set of health services - all for free. At CommunityHealth, they have the chance to build a long-term relationship with their primary care provider....
Community Health Chicago Opens Little Village Satellite Clinic Offering Free Services
[Excerpted from BlockClubChicago.org] Little Village residents have another neighborhood option for free health care beginning this month. Community Health Chicago, which offers free services to low-income, uninsured Chicagoans, has partnered with Enlace Chicago to...
Feinberg second-year medical students screen patients for food insecurity
[Excerpted from News-Medical.net] As part of their second-year MD curriculum, a group of Feinberg students recently designed and implemented a community quality improvement project, screening patients for food insecurity at their Education-Centered Medical Home (ECMH)...
A new law allows donations of unused medications
Stephanie Willing, the CEO of Community Health joins Good Day Chicago to discuss the new law that went into effect Jan. 1. [Excerpt from interview, Fox32 Chicago] Steph: "Under this new law, any individual or institution can donate sealed, unexpired medications to any...