Union Square Family Health Center Gets National Recognition

The Union Square medical office was recognized by The Primary Care Team: Learning from Effective Ambulatory Practices (the LEAP Project), according to the Cambridge Health Alliance.

  The following was sent by Cambridge Health Alliance: Cambridge Health Alliance’s Union Square Family Health Center Earns National Recognition Somerville, Mass. — Cambridge Health Alliance’s Union Square Family Health Center has been identified as an “exemplar practice” by a new national program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called The Primary Care Team: Learning from Effective Ambulatory Practices (the LEAP Project). Union Square Family Health, located at 337 Somerville Ave. in Somerville, is one of up to 30 sites across the country selected for this distinction, chosen from hundreds of practices that were nominated by primary care experts and rated by a national advisory committee. The goal of the LEAP Project is to …

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5 Things to Know Today

New Tufts Honcho, Honored Guests, and Nowhere Left to Disco Dance

Five things to know for Friday, Oct. 21.

1) Hail to the Tufts Chief It’s a big day over at Tufts University, where the school will inaugurate new President Anthony Monaco. Monaco is the 13th president in the school’s history. The ceremony begins on the residential quad at 2 p.m.. 2) RESPOND Gala The price may be steep, but every penny goes to a good cause: RESPOND hosts its annual RESPONDing to Domestic Violence Gala tonight at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge. This year’s honorees are Massachusetts First Lady Diane Patrick and domestic violence survivor Nadine Walker Mooney. 3) Local Pharmacist Honored Congratulations to Cambridge Health Alliance pharmacist Emma D’Alleva, who was recently awarded the 2011 Marie-Louise Ansak Award, presented each year by the National PACE (Program …

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