CHP Family Services hosts IEP: 101, an online workshop and orientation program for parents of public school children who are entitled to special needs education services, on Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. The meeting will be hosted by Rania Markham and...
CHP News
CHP Offering Bivalent Vaccines to Youngest Children
Community Health Programs is offering the updated bivalent Covid-19 vaccines to young children aged 6 months through age 4, now that the CDC has approved dosages for this age group. “We strongly urge parents to have their young children vaccinated...
BHS and CHP Urge Parents to Protect Children from RSV Virus and Other Respiratory Illnesses
Berkshire Health Systems and Community Health Programs strongly urge parents to take preventive measures to protect their children against seasonal respiratory illnesses, particularly the surging respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). With flu...
CHP Names Two Associate Medical Directors
Dawn Kohanski, FNP-BC, of CHP North Adams Family Medical, and Laura Need, MD, of CHP Berkshire Pediatrics, have joined Andrew Beckwith, CMO, to comprise the newly reorganized medical leadership at the countywide health care network. Ms. Kohanski is...
CHP Names Dr. Andrew Beckwith as Chief Medical Officer
Andrew Beckwith, M.D., has been named chief medical officer (CMO) at Community Health Programs. Dr. Beckwith, who is an obstetrician-gynecologist at CHP Barrington OB/GYN, will continue seeing patients while overseeing the CHP medical staff...
Making a Difference: Care Coordinator Kornelia Krzyzanowska
At CHP, sometimes, our work isn’t done when the exam is over. Some patients need extra support to achieve better health and wellness. As Care Coordinator at CHP Great Barrington Health Center, Kornelia Krzyzanowska, RN, BSN, is focused on making...
Donor Spotlight: Matt and Missy Scarafoni
When Matt and Missy Scarafoni consider their community giving, they ask, “What organizations make a wide impact on our Berkshire community? Who is leveling the playing field between those who have more and those who have less?” CHP is on their “A...
Mission Moment: Families Like Ours
By: Rania Markham When my kids were 18 months and three months old, our family signed up for CHP ParentChild+, a home mentoring program for families with young children soon heading to preschool or kindergarten. Each week, a family mentor...
A Message from Interim CEO, Rick Gregg: Bringing a Unique Perspective to CHP
When I was asked in June to become the interim CEO of Community Health Programs, I believed I might bring a unique perspective to overseeing the CHP healthcare networks and family services. As a patient of Lee Family Practice for more than 25...
CHP’s New Family Nurse Practitioner Residency Program Tracks a Growing Trend in Advanced Nursing Practice
Community Health Programs is now home to a new family nurse practitioner (FNP) residency program, an intensive year-long experience that formalizes post-graduate clinical opportunities for advanced practice nursing graduates. The FNP residency is...
CHP Family Services Welcomes Author Kate Swenson for 12/7/22 Virtual Event, ‘The Secret World of Autism’
CHP Family Services will welcome author Kate Swenson for a virtual event, ‘The Secret World of Autism,’ on Wednesday, December 7 at 11 a.m. via Zoom. [ Click here to watch a video of this event. ] Parent and advocate Kate Swenson, author of...
Family Nurse Practitioner Joins North Adams Family Medicine
Dawn Kohanski, family nurse practitioner, has joined the primary care team at CHP North Adams Family Medicine. Most recently, she was a hospitalist practitioner at Berkshire Medical Center, where she coordinated adult acute care in the hospital...