Our Garden is Overflowing!
It's produce season at North by Northeast! Our garden is overflowing with greens, lettuce, peas, beets, carrots, and berries. We're serious about controlling high blood pressure with medication but we REALLY love giving out vegetables to our patients when they come for a visit! Sometimes people just stop by if they're in the mood for a salad. If you're in the neighborhood, check it out (behind our parking lot)!
President Obama and Cover Oregon Recognize North by Northeast’s Enrollment Success
Cover Oregon recently highlighted the great work North by Northeast has been doing getting our patients and community members enrolled in health coverage over the past five months. We've reached out by phone and mail to all of our patients, encouraging them to come in and get enrolled, as well as offered appointments for Cover Oregon enrollment assistance to community members and new patients. On March 29, we held our first enrollment event here at the clinic. With support from our own volunteer…
Spring 2014 Community Health Worker Training
We are excited to announce the next round of training in Clinical Topics for Community Health Workers! This is a culturally specific training geared toward Community Health Workers (new and experienced) working in the African American community. We have had participants from other communities (Latino, African) and they have enjoyed the class very much as well. The 24-hour training will cover topics like high blood pressure, diabetes, health communication, nutrition, safe medication use, and…
Change Ahead!
It was only eight years ago, but it seems like forever. The vision for the North by Northeast Community Health Center was coming into focus. There were thousands without health insurance who needed basic care for hypertension and diabetes. Even as we were just getting started, I remember looking forward to the time when our organization would no longer be needed. I imagined we could fill in some gaps until more people got “real” health coverage. Then something amazing happened. The community…
Welcome Dolly England!
We are thrilled to have Dolly England as the newest member of the North by Northeast family! Dolly joined us as Patient Care Manager in December 2013 and brings with her over ten years of broad experience in community health. As a health educator, she has led outreach efforts and provided education around HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and chronic disease management. In other professional roles, Dolly gained experience with community based research, knowledge of Medicaid enrollment and a deep…
Culturally-Specific Training for Community Health Workers
In the fall of 2013 we had the joy of working with 16 Community Health Workers during our first ever “Clinical Topics for CHWs” training series. Our Medical Director, Dr. Jill Ginsberg, developed the culturally specific curriculum and taught the classes. The 24-hour training covered topics like high blood pressure, diabetes, health communication, nutrition, safe medication use, and charting. Participants practiced writing chart notes, reconciling medication lists, debunking myths about…