BOSTON – When David Zou immigrated from China to Quincy in 1983, he spoke no English. He said back then Quincy had a small Asian population, which meant he had to go to Boston’s Chinatown for most things.
“Test prep, haircut, lawyer, groceries – I had to go to Boston,” Zou said. “There was no service for me here.”
Now as a fluent English speaker, a founding board member of Quincy Asian Resources Inc., and one of almost 30,000 Asian families in Quincy, he helps other Asian immigrants on the South Shore with translation of documents and English classes.
“It’s a very difficult process to get settled down,” Zou said. “I wish there had been an organization then that could help me.”
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The Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium has been awarded a grant from the Federal Communications Commission to increase telemedicine capacity in community health centers statewide. The consortium is made up of 35 federally qualified health centers.
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The $3.1 million grant stems from the FCC s Connect Care Pilot Program, which is designed to help eligible provider organizations defray the costs of offering virtual care and study how the FCC s Universal Service Fund can help support the trend toward connected-care services.
The consortium plans to apply its grant funding toward increasing bandwidth at member health center sites and providing mobile hotspots for use by patients. These technology enhancements should allow for the provision of mental health services and substance use disorder treatment to more than 75,000 Massachusetts health center patients through the use of remote patient monitoring, video visits and other connected services.
People are trying to game the system to get a senior companion vaccine, Baker says
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated February 11, 2021, 7:17 p.m.
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Governor Charlie Baker said Thursday that state officials have received âdisturbingâ reports of people trying to game the new system that allows younger companions of people aged 75 and older to book slots to get vaccinated if they bring their older charges to COVID-19 vaccination appointments.
Baker provided the information during a briefing following a tour of the vaccination site at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center.
/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("Blue Cross") today announced a new effort with the Massachusetts League of Community.
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WELLESLEY, Mass. and WATERTOWN, Mass., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In their first joint community investment, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation are giving $1 million to 42 organizations across the region to expand vaccine education, awareness and outreach in communities of color. Eight Connecticut organizations will receive a total of $225,000 in funding. Just one month after Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan announced their combined organization, this investment is an immediate response to emerging needs in Black and Brown communities across the region disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. We are at an inflection point in the pandemic, said Thomas Croswell, chief executive officer of the combined organization