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Mental health professionals are leaving CHA; listings call for 44

WEBMental health professionals at Cambridge Health Alliance have been leaving recently, in part because of changes to the Alliance’s treatment model, resulting in some …

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Mental health professionals at CHA sound alarm over departures …

WEBMental health clinicians at Cambridge Health Alliance say their department is in crisis because of misguided leadership and an exodus of staff, and patients are …

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Complexity of CHA overseeing Cambridge health draws a closer …

WEBCambridge Health Alliance CEO Assaad Sayah, left, at a Tuesday hearing with City Manager Yi-An Huang, center, and Derrick Neal, Cambridge’s chief public …

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New booster is part of nine Covid and flu clinics coming with a

WEBThe number of new Covid-19 infections in Cambridge remains relatively low but has been rising among residents in some of the city’s nursing homes and assisted …

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Nurses say they've gone from ‘Heroes to Zeros’ in Health Alliance

WEBIn a statement, CHA said that during the pandemic “our nurses have made life-saving contributions to our community and are a highly valued part of our team,” and …

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Flu and Covid vaccine clinic schedule is public, Pfizer booster shots

WEBThe Cambridge Public Health Department is offering free flu shots and Covid-19 vaccinations at the same four vaccine clinics this month. Residents can walk in, or …

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Health hurdles grow for newcomers in insurance needed for …

WEBSomerville school enrollment workers say cutbacks and policy changes at the Cambridge Health Alliance have made it more difficult for newcomers such as migrants …

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Lack of psychiatric beds can mean 30-day waits for people in crisis

WEBPeople in a mental health crisis, especially children and teens, are waiting as long as a month in Massachusetts hospital emergency rooms for a bed in a psychiatric …

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Despite $51M in budget loss, Health Alliance braces to offer raises

WEBCambridge Health Alliance has endured a bad year financially. The safety-net health care system, known for serving the poor, lost a lot more money than it …

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Cambridge Health Alliance, born to serve poor, struggles to stay

WEBThe three-hospital system, formed by the former Cambridge City Hospital, lost $28.5 million on health care operations in the fiscal year that ended June 30, according …

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Get free Covid rapid antigen tests from the city Wednesday and

WEBThe city will hand out free Covid rapid antigen tests to people who live or work here next Wednesday and Thursday at libraries, City Hall and the public health …

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Cambridge readies its Covid and flu shot clinics, coupled with …

WEBThe updated Covid-19 vaccine will be available to residents at five Cambridge Public Health Department vaccination clinics next month although the …

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Nationwide nurse shortage forces Health Alliance to spend more …

WEBCambridge Health Alliance is struggling to fill nursing vacancies, particularly in its psychiatric units and emergency department. One reason is that psychiatric …

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CHA is cutting urgent care hours in Somerville when it reopens …

WEBCambridge Health Alliance will reduce hours at its urgent care clinic in Somerville when it reopens after a water main break that forced the closing of the entire …

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Cambridge Hospital turned around its ER, quietly overhauling it …

WEBAs a result of the changes, Sayah said, the average time for patients to be admitted, transferred to another hospital or discharged has dropped from 220 minutes – …

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Victims of Violence program ends after 38 years, telling CHA …

WEBA groundbreaking program at Cambridge Health Alliance that treated crime victims and others suffering from severe trauma will end Aug. 31 because there will be …

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Contract offer betrays their efforts during Covid and lags inflation

WEBResident doctors at Cambridge Health Alliance – physicians in training after graduating from medical school – say the health care system is refusing to give them a …

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Closing of ER also ends Somerville Hospital, being renamed as …

WEBWith the closing of the Somerville Hospital emergency department in April, Somerville is also losing its hospital, it turns out. The location will be called the CHA …

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Muddled picture of layoffs at Health Alliance, focused on a few …

WEBCouncillors also discussed their request for repairs to the CHA clinic at 119 Windsor St., which also houses the public health department.Huang said the city will …

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CIC Health, launched during summer of Covid, shuts down instead …

WEBCIC Health ran Covid test sites in Cambridge’s Kendall Square, including this one seen Sept. 1, 2021. (Photo: Marc Levy)

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