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Your telehealth visits are getting a new look — with easy-to-use video!

Starting Wednesday, May 19 most telehealth visits at CHA will use the Mend system. This simple and secure platform is easy to use. Join your visit from your computer, phone or other device with a camera, microphone and internet connection. 

Smartphone or tablet:
Look for a text from CHA one day and thirty minutes before your visit. Click the Mend link in the text when it is time for your appointment and enter your date of birth. 

Desktop computer or laptop: 
Look for an email from CHA one day and thirty minutes before your visit. Click the “join visit” button when it is time for your appointment and enter your date of birth. 

When you join your visit: 
You will enter our virtual Welcome Room. Your CHA provider will join you shortly.    

Read our Mend patient tip sheet for more information. Note: until May 19, please continue to connect to your telehealth visits by phone or through Google Meet. After May 19, only group visits will use Google Meet.
Vaccine Access
Anyone over the age of 12 can now get vaccinated in Massachusetts.
 
Walk-in vaccinations are available at CHA’s three locations for all Massachusetts residents: the Somerville Vaccine Center, Encore Boston Harbor in Everett and Tufts University. We suggest you pre-register here or via MyCHArt (for CHA patients), but walk-ins are welcome. Click here for details and times -- NEW EXPANDED HOURS.
 
Free rides are available for CHA patients based on need. Please call our hotline at 617-665-1995 for more information.
 
CHA vaccine sites are open to the public. Tell your friends and family!
Vaccine Conversations

While lots of people are getting the COVID vaccine, you may still have concerns. Let us help you make a decision. Our website has videos like this one (click on the arrow to watch the video) about honest conversations. You'll find a lot of information in many languages. Visit the CHA COVID Vaccine Resource page today.
After Hours Care
Sometimes you have health needs or questions when your care center is closed. CHA Somerville Campus Urgent Care is open every day 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 

On-call providers are available after hours for urgent medical questions only. Just call your care center.

If you have a non urgent need (for example: medication refill, vaccine scheduling, or forms) please call your care center during normal daytime hours.
Childhood Obesity and the Pandemic
Sometimes it’s hard to help your children stay healthy during the pandemic. CHA physicians Wudeneh Mulugeta, MD, and Bianca Shagrin, MD, recently spoke with the WGBH public affairs program In It Together about how the pandemic is impacting childhood obesity.

Dr. Mulugeta’s new study is the first to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on childhood obesity in the U.S.
Vaccine Information for the Haitian Community

Join other community members on May 19 for an online forum in Haitian Creole: sign up here. The event, organized by the City of Cambridge, in partnership with the Cambridge Health Alliance, features CHA physician assistant Sonnly Ribourg, Cambridge Public Health Department nurse Dominique Jean, and Jean Jeune, Haitian Services Coordinator at the Cambridge Multi Service Center. The event will be moderated by CHA director of government programs Vanessa Doleyres-Nazaire, MPH. Get information about the vaccines, get answers to questions, and learn about other support -- like getting a free ride to your vaccine appointment (for CHA patients).
MyCHArt
Check out all your health information on MyCHArt!
Please note: this general information is for educational purposes only. The information provided on this page, or through linkages to other sites, is not a substitute for medical or professional care. You should not use the information in place of a visit, call consultation or the advice of your physician or other healthcare provider.