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Dana-Farber and Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center to connect patients to cancer services
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center (HSNHC) in Dorchester, MA, have entered into an agreement to connect patients to cancer prevention, education, diagnosis, and treatment services.
This program, based out of Dana-Farber’s Cancer Care Equity Program, will help address persistent health care disparities faced in local communities. The practice of embedding a medical oncology practice in the community has shown early positive results with shortened wait times for care.
The clinic will initially be held bi-weekly and could be expanded based on demand. It will be led by Christopher Lathan, MD, Ludmila Svoboda, RN, and Laura Garber, PA. Svoboda will also serve as a nurse navigator, helping reduce language, cultural and other barriers for patients so they can receive needed care.
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Top White House official gives Mass , other New England states, a shout-out on vaccinations
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Encouraging signs are beginning to emerge in Mass. coronavirus data Martin Finucane © Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff The key to ending the pandemic. A coronavirus vaccination being prepared at the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center vaccine clinic at the Prince Hall Grand Lodge in Dorchester.
Is it possible the coronavirus is beginning to loosen its deadly grip on Massachusetts?
Encouraging signs are emerging in the coronavirus data being released by the state Department of Public Health. Experts say the data suggest that the state’s vaccination campaign, which has now fully protected more than 2.1 million people, is working even as worrisome coronavirus variants spread through the state.
Community health centers gear up for broader role in coronavirus vaccination
They say they are best positioned to reach those most likely to get sick and least likely to get vaccinated.
By Felice J. Freyer Globe Staff,Updated February 21, 2021, 6:41 p.m.
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Ro Pham, 67, got her vaccine from nurse Stefanie Sampson, while Phamâs husband, Vang Dam, 74, watched at the Central Boston Elder Services in Roxbury. The vaccine was provided by the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
Community health centers are gearing up for an expanded role in the stateâs vaccination effort, widening the pathway into the neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID-19.