CHP News

CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Expands Primary Care Team

CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Expands Primary Care Team

CHP Berkshire Pediatrics welcomes Jamie L. Berkowitz, physician assistant, to its pediatric primary care team in Pittsfield. Berkowitz holds a master’s degree in physician assistant studies from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has...

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CHP Opposes Question 1

Community Health Programs opposes the Question 1 ballot initiative, with its strict mandates for nurse-patient ratios in hospitals and costly fines for staffing shortfalls. The impacts of Question 1 reach well beyond the hospital setting and...

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CHP Mobile Health Van in Lee on Friday, 9/14

CHP Mobile Health Van in Lee on Friday, 9/14

CHP on Wheels, CHP's mobile health van, will be in downtown Lee on Friday, Sept. 14 from 5-8 p.m. as part of the Taste of Lee event.  No appointments are necessary for routine blood pressure checks. CHP staff will be on hand to provide information...

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CHP Names Chief Communications Officer

Community Health Programs (CHP) has named Elizabeth “Betsy” Strickler as chief communications officer for the CHP countywide health and medical network. She will lead strategic marketing, communication and fundraising initiatives for the...

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New Dentist Joins CHP Neighborhood Dental

CHP welcomes Dr. Vandana Sethi to the staff of CHP Neighborhood Dental Center in Pittsfield. Sethi joined the Pittsfield practice after completing Berkshire Medical Center’s dental residency program at CHP Neighborhood Health Center. She earned her...

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Children’s Attic – Another terrific sale!

The Children’s Attic consignment sale in May was a great success, grossing over $20,000 to support Family Services programs at CHP.  The Children’s Attic sale will take place once a year going forward. We would like to thank Salisbury Bank for its...

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Reach Out & Read! Where great stories begin …

  As part of the national Reach Out & Read program for more than 15 years, Community Health Programs last year gave out 1,000 books to children ages 6 months to age 5.  We are committed to supporting families in the Berkshires and beyond...

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Back-to-School Health for Children, Teens & Parents

Back-to-School Health for Children, Teens & Parents

Back to School: Tips to Give Children and Teens, a Healthy Start “Back-to-school” is just around the corner for our Berkshire County children, but a new school year can challenge the whole family's health. But your children’s health can remain...

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CHP Mobile Health Van in Lee on Friday, 9/14

National Health Center Week: Vision Care at CHP

Did you know that Community Health Programs provides vision care? And that CHP on Wheels -- our mobile health van -- has ophthalmology equipment that makes our vision care services available at our different practice locations in Great Barrington,...

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