Cambridge Health Alliance partners with Vinfen
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Cambridge Health Alliance, or CHA, an academic community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston s metro-north region, developed an innovative partnership with health and human services organization Vinfen to provide comprehensive housing support to patients in need.
The program aims to help certain members of the Tufts-CHA MassHealth Accountable Care Organization plan who have chronic medical or behavioral health conditions and who are experiencing housing instability or homelessness.
Each year, millions of American households face “housing insecurity,” a condition that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. While there is no single definition of housing insecurity, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services bases it on several key factors trouble paying rent, overcrowding, moving frequently, staying with relatives or spending the bulk of household i
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an academic community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro-north region, has developed an innovative partnership with health and human services organization Vinfen to provide comprehensive housing support to patients in need. The program aims to help certain members of the Tufts-CHA MassHealth Accountable Care Organization (ACO) plan who have chronic medical or behavioral health conditions and who are experiencing housing instability or homelessness.
Each year, millions of American households face “housing insecurity,” a condition that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. While there is no single definition of housing insecurity, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services bases it on a number of key factors – trouble paying rent, overcrowding, moving frequently, staying with relatives or spending the bulk of household income on housing. HealthyPeople.gov notes that housing instability is a key social
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WELLESLEY, Mass. and WORCESTER, Mass., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care today announced a new collaboration aimed at improving maternal health and well-being across New England. Through a collaboration with Ariadne Labs and UMass Memorial Health, TeamBirth, a clinically proven care process innovation pioneered by Ariadne Labs will initially launch at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital in Leominster and UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester this May. Lessons from this collaboration will be used to establish TeamBirth as a standard of care that benefits people giving birth across New England.
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