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Chicago clinics serving low-income patients mandate COVID-19 vaccines for employees, following lead of big hospitals
[Excerpted from Chicago Tribune] Esperanza Health Centers, Alivio Medical Center, AHS Family Health Center and CommunityHealth will require employees to get their first vaccine doses by Sept. 1. Together, the centers have more than a dozen clinics across the Chicago...
As Covid-19 Vaccinations Slow, Safety Net Providers Get Creative
[Excerpted from Direct Relief] ... Stephanie Willding, chief executive officer of the Chicago-based clinic CommunityHealth, explained that staff members have seen three separate stages in the vaccination process. First, she said, were people ready and even excited to...
Opportunities for Telemedicine to Meet Socioeconomic Demands
Telehealth has been a lifeline for long-term patients throughout the pandemic — but what about those without reliable access to high speed internet? By: Stephanie Wilding, CEO at CommunityHealth COVID-19 sent telemedicine on the fast-track for widespread adoption,...
Bodegas, Shelters, Food Lines & Phone Calls: Bringing Healthcare to Patients
[Excerpted from The Art of Change, by Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock] When people lined up outside of a major food bank in Chicago, CommunityHealth’s team sprang into action. Walking down the long, socially-distanced line of people on the sidewalk, they conducted...
Gallagher Way at Wrigley Field, Chicago State University vaccination sites open Monday
[Excerpted from WGN 9] ... Representatives with Advocate, the Cubs, and three non-profits stressed the need to improve vaccine access for minorities, immigrants, homeless and other vulnerable populations. “Often time throughout the pandemic, our positivity rate was...
Allison Arwady Has a Plan
[Excerpted from Chicago Magazine] ... “Allison was famous here long before she was famous in Chicago,” says Stephanie Willding, the CEO of CommunityHealth, a West Town nonprofit clinic that is the city’s largest health care facility for the uninsured. Until the...