For Dr. Jeremy Stoepker, providing informed, compassionate medical care to LGBTQ patients is more than just professional. It’s personal. It’s about family. It’s about advocacy. When Jeremy was a young child in the 1980s, in rural, conservative...
A Message of Gratitude: Summer 2019 Greetings, After many busy months deepening the reach of our services, I am grateful to see concrete evidence that we are making a difference. Within a few short weeks of opening our dental center in North Adams,...
Education is the key to childhood asthma. “I love working with patients and families together, we have such a broad scope of people here, patients that come from every socioeconomic background. I especially like working with families that need more...
Supporting CHP throughout the years “I stay connected to CHP because it is so important to our community. Ultimately, I am grateful that all of these people have carried on Dr. Whitfield’s vision. Our neighbors need CHP and we are there. I want to...
Several summer interns at Community Health Programs were recognized for outstanding service by the Berkshire Business Interns (BBI) program. A special event was held Wednesday, Aug. 7 at Norad Mill in North Adams, sponsored by BBI. CHP interns...
Community Health Programs (CHP) is proud to mark National Health Center Week, Aug. 4-10, by highlighting the vital impact of 1,400 community health centers in our nation's healthcare system and our community. National Health Center Week is part of...
By Ashli Minor, MS, RDN, LDN Nutritionist, Community Health Programs As summer marches on and the harvests come in, we are surrounded by a growing bounty at farmer’s markets and local produce stands. What’s the best way to shop at a farmer’s...
Posted in The Berkshire Eagle, Friday, July 19, 2019 5:15 pm To the editor: Like Berkshire Health Systems, Community Health Programs shares the physician recruitment issues that pose a challenge to medical care in our rural community. However, we...
By Lia Spiliotes ACROSS THE NATION, unequal access to health care raises urgent, pressing problems for individual and community health. For rural and underserved communities, the most urgent challenge for patients is our shrinking supply of primary...
In Commonwealth Magazine, CHP's Chief Executive Officer Lia Spiliotes comments on the impact of a physician shortage on rural communities. https://commonwealthmagazine.org/health-care/we-must-address-rural-physician-shortage/
CHP Psychiatrist Dr. Leslie Fishbein traveled to Albany on Monday, June 24 for the "Medical Monday" radio call-in program with WAMC Program Host Ray Graf. Dr. Fishbein at WAMC During the hour-long program, callers had questions about everything...
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) has adopted a Community Health Programs physician's resolution declaring health care to be a "basic human right." Dr. Michael Kaplan, second from right, with U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy (center), and other...
