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.
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
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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