Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center is pleased to announce that their annual walk and fun run will be held again this year on Saturday, June 9th at 8:30 AM at their 19 Tacoma Street Health Center in Worcester. In its third year, this year’s event has been expanded to include additional free family-friendly activities [...]
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center earns “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation in HRC Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index Today, Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center announced their “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC). The designation was awarded in the 11th edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), released [...]
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center Receives Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 2017 Quality Improvement Award The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recognized Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center as a Health Center Quality Leader by awarding the organization with the 2017 Quality Improvement Award. This award is given to health centers that [...]
The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center EARNS national recognition for Patient-Centered Care NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home™ standards emphasize enhanced care through patient-clinician partnership WASHINGTON, DC—The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced that the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, based in Worcester, Massachusetts has received NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition for all [...]
In the interest of the safety of our patients and staff, all of our sites will be closed on Thursday, January 4, 2018. If you have an emergency, please call our 24 hour phone line at (800)853-2288. We expect to be open on Friday, January 5, 2018. Please call our offices at (800) 853-2288 beginning [...]
Awardees: Edward M. Augustus, Jr, Worcester City Manager, and Advocates Event Speaker: MA Department of Public Health Commissioner, Dr. Monica Bharel Worcester, MA (September 19, 2017) The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center (Kennedy CHC) announces that it will present its 2017 Edward M. Community Health Awards to Mr. Edward M. Augustus, Jr, Worcester City [...]
The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center announces that it met or exceeded all federal requirements to operate as a community health center during its recently scheduled site visit from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). HRSA is the federal agency charged with qualifying community health centers and ensuring quality care and equal access [...]
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization recently released its 10th edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), reflecting a decade of progress in LGBTQ-inclusive healthcare. A record 590 healthcare facilities actively participated in the 2017 HEI survey, committing [...]
Kennedy CHC Presents its Annual Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Awards Dr. Stephen Tosi, President, UMass Memorial Medical Gr oup to receive individual award MetroWest Health Foundation to receive organization award The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center (Kennedy CHC) announces that it will present the 2016 Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Award on Thursday, [...]
The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center (Kennedy CHC) announces that it was recently honored by The Joint Commission and the Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Primary Health Care as one of a select group of health centers nationally that have attained and maintained ambulatory care accreditation for over twenty years. In addition, [...]