Caring for Older Adults – Coming Out of COVID-19 ECHO Series

Project ECHO® is a free, practical, case-based tele-education series. About the program: The ECHO model uses a hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing approach where expert teams lead virtual clinics, amplifying the capacity for providers to deliver best-in-practice care to their patients and communities. This ECHO series will provide participating practices (“spoke sites”) with information and strategies to connect with and […]

Who Will Speak For You?

Register ahead for this event. Monday, May 24, 4-5 PM A medical crisis can happen at any age. Having a plan relieves your loved ones from wondering if they “did the right thing.” Join Dr. Maura Brennan, Program Director, Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, Baystate Health, for a discussion about what advance care planning includes, the […]

Check out our April Newsletter

A year into a pandemic April 2021 – We gathered some news on what we’re thinking about and working on for a quarterly newsletter. Read on:

A Year into a Pandemic

As the United States marks the first anniversary of living amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot help but reflect on how we responded and evolved as an organization. The mission of Healthcentric Advisors is to offer resources and expertise to measure and improve the quality, safety, and value of person-centered healthcare. And we had to […]

A Year into a Pandemic: Nursing Homes

We’re a year into this pandemic and taking a look-back to reflect upon where we’ve been and where we’re going. Considering how hard long-term care has been hit we decided to collect perspectives from our teams working directly with the nursing homes across New England. Marguerite McLaughlin, Senior Program Administrator, spoke at length about her […]

Webinar on March 5: Reimagined in America: Advancing Food Justice

March 5, 1:30PM EDT Register for the Webinar Deep-rooted structural racism, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic, have exacerbated inequities within our food system. Millions of people—mostly Black and Latino families—have gone hungry in the past year while high obesity rates put many at risk for severe COVID-19 complications. Grocery store clerks, meat packing plant […]

You’re Invited to a Webinar on March 18: Trauma-Informed Care

March 18, 1-2PM EDT Register for the Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The New England Rural Health Association, the New York State Association for Rural Health, and the Foundation for Community Health invite you to a webinar on “The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Health and Wellbeing and the […]

Webinar on Feb 24: Changing the Narrative: What is Reframing Aging and Why it Matters

Wednesday, February 24, 11AM-12:30PM EDT Register for the Reframing Training The Maine Council on Aging (MCOA) invites you to join a conversation to learn about reframing aging and how it’s important to support healthy aging. This learning opportunity will offer guidance and tools that will help us talk about aging and demographic change in ways […]