The CHW curriculum is set to start Fall 2014 at SSC.  We are currently seeking CHW champions with a Master's Degree to teach courses and CHW's willing to co-teach.  If you are interested please send your resume to Leticia Boughton at lboughton@healthconnectone.org.

The Network is at the table with Rush University, Malcolm X College and the Medical Home Network as they are planning the implementation of a CHW curriculum for the City College system. Through a generous grant from BMO Harris Bank, Rush University Medical Center and Malcolm X College will implement a CHW program.  For more information please contact Leticia Boughton at boughton@healthconnectone.org.

The conference reached it's maximum registration of 125 people.  The forum was moderated by Richard Gayes, MD, Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and consisted of remarks Barry S. Eisenberg, CAE, President, Institute of Medicine of Chicago. The keynote address was delivered by Art Jones, MD, Principal of Health Management Associates. Melissa Gutierrez Kapheim, MS and Jamie Campbell, MPH presented their Best Practice Guidelines for Implementing and Evaluation CHW programs in Health Care settings research report.  Arvind K. Goyal, MD, MPH, MBA, Medical Director of the Illinois Medicaid for the Department of Healthcare and Family Services moderated a panel discussion on the CHW experience-organizational challenges and opportunities.  The panelist included our very own Rachel Abramson, RN, MS, Executive Director of HealthConnect One, Juana Ballesteros, RN, MPH, Project Manager, Alivio Medical Center, Monique Glover Rucker, MPH, Senior Epidemiologist, HIV Program at Sinai Health System and Molly Martin, MD, MAPP, Dept of Preventive Medicine at Rush University Medical Center.  The highlight of the forum was the small group discussions on the Integration and Responsibilities of CHWs.  The following CHWs participated and did a great job during the small group discussions: Kim Artis, Community Health Educator at SUHI, Tameka Boswell, Outreach Worker at the Chicago Family Health Center (CFHC), Adriana Carpio, CHW and Program Coordinator at Renz Addiction Counseling Center, Ana Galarza, Patient Navigator Ruth M. Rothstein Core Center, Orleta Garmon, Community Health Educator at SUHI, Lorraine Hitchcock, Outreach Worker at CFHC and CCHWLN Board Member, Rhonda Lay, Community Health Educator from SUHI, Melissa Lopez, Outreach Worker and Medical Assistant at CFHC, Peter McLoyd Consumer Consumer Development & Advocacy Coordinator at CORE center. Patricia Perkins, Community Health Educator at SUHI, Dejuane Rivers, Community Outreach Worker at Core Center, Darryl Rogers, Public-Housing Outreach and Enrollment Worker at The Clinic of Altgeld (TCA),  Margaret Shepard, Community Health Educator at SUHI, Jana Stringfellow-Estell, Community Health Educator at SUHI, Marvin Thompson, Patient Navigator, CORE Center, Maria Trujillo, Community Health Educator at SUHI.  Mark Shield, MD, Shields Consulting offered closing remarks.  If you are interested in accessing SUHI's Best Practice Guidelines report, please contact Melissa Gutierrez Kapheim, MS at suhi@sinai.org or visit www.SUHIchicago.org.