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Recent media stories highlighting medical error s in CT

By Ellen Andrews | April 27, 2009

Efraim Gomez-Zapata, Stamford physician, will have a hearing this week before the medical examining board and is facing a civil…

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April 30th briefing on proposed elimination of legal immigrant coverage

By Ellen Andrews | April 23, 2009

Next Thursday, April 30th at 10:30am in Room 1E of the LOB, the CT Health Foundation will hold a briefing…

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PCCM subcommittee to meet

By Ellen Andrews | April 23, 2009

At the last Medicaid Managed Care Council meeting, a subcommittee was formed to follow and advise DSS on implementation of…

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Obesity and overweight in Connecticut forum

By Ellen Andrews | April 22, 2009

May 14th the CT Public Health Institute will release their study of the problem of overweight and obesity in CT…

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eHealth consumer privacy forum begins an important discussion

By Ellen Andrews | April 21, 2009

The Connecticut Health Policy Project and AARP- CT hosted a forum yesterday on electronic medical records at the State Capitol…

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Medicaid Managed Care Council update

By Ellen Andrews | April 17, 2009

At today’s meeting, ACS reported that there are 337,533 CT residents covered by HUSKY Part A as of April 1st,…

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What is public health?

By Ellen Andrews | April 14, 2009

The US is the most powerful country in the world, right? So why aren’t we the healthiest? Last week was…

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2009 CT Health Disparities report

By Ellen Andrews | April 13, 2009

The Department of Public Health in cooperation with the CT Health Foundation recently released their 2009 Connecticut Health Disparities Report.…

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Forum for consumers and advocates: eHealth Privacy and Security

By Ellen Andrews | April 9, 2009

The CT Health Policy Project and AARP-CT are hosting a forum on electronic medical records and how to ensure patient’s…

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