Health is for everyone

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Please get a flu shot this year

Each flu season is different, but this year it’s more important than ever to get a flu shot. Because of COVID-19, we need to reduce the risk of respiratory illness in our communities. Reduce your risk of being one of the millions of people the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say get the flu every year. Getting vaccinated can keep you healthy and out of the hospital. It also protects others, like friends and family members, from getting sick.

Benefits of getting the flu shot:

Can keep you from getting the flu.
If you do get the flu, it can make your illness less severe.
Reduces your risk of being hospitalized (or dying) from flu-related illness.
Helps protect people around you from getting sick, especially people at higher risk -- like those with chronic disease, older adults, pregnant women and children.

How to get a flu shot at CHA:

If you have an in-person appointment at CHA, you can get a flu shot during your visit.
Visit one of CHA’s outpatient pharmacies for a walk-in flu shot.
Make an appointment for a flu shot at the CHA Assembly Square Care Center. Call your primary care provider to schedule this.
A drive-thru flu clinic will be available soon.

Look for more details in next month’s patient newsletter, in MyCHArt, on our website and through our social media. You can also get Flu shots at many pharmacies. Make sure to check with your insurance company before you go to ensure proper coverage.

Special requirement for children:

All children over 6 months must be vaccinated. CHA is hoping to receive more doses of the flu vaccine to help us meet this requirement.

More Improvements With CHA Telehealth Services

Have you had a telehealth visit yet (by phone or video)? Do you use MyCHArt? There’s a lot of work behind the scenes to make it easier to connect with CHA electronically.

If you have an Android Phone or Device

You can now connect to your video visit from MyCHArt. Check out the tip sheet on our website with step-by-step instructions.

Virtual Waiting Room for Video Visits

When you log into MyCHArt to start your video visit, a new "Join Appointment" button will appear in the waiting room when your provider has joined. This makes it easy to start your visit.

Make Your Visit Safer with eCheck-In!

Coming to see us in person? With the new MyCHArt eCheck-in feature you can update your information before your visit. eCheck-in lets you:

Update your address
Add credit card information, to pay your copays ahead of time
Update your insurance, including adding a photo of your insurance card
Add a preferred pharmacy
Add or remove medications you are taking
Add or remove any allergies
Add or remove any health issues
Sign documents, like consent forms, using mouse/finger/stylus or by entering a password to show it was electronically signed

Give it a try before your next primary care visit and skip the registration window when you arrive.

Get help with MyCHArt

Have questions about MyCHArt? There are now two ways to get help. You can call our Health Information Management team at 617-381-7266 between 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Or, you can email us at mycharthelp@challiance.org.

CHA is a Top Performer in LGBTQ+ Health

CHA is committed to the LGBTQ+ community and to providing high quality and highly respectful care. We are so proud to have been named an “LGBTQ Health Care Equality Top Performer” in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index.

This two-year designation demonstrates our accomplishments, but we aren’t stopping here. We are continuing to offer LGBTQ+ trainings for our staff and will be rolling out a new LGBTQ Health tag in our provider directory next month. If you are looking for providers who care deeply about LGBTQ+ health, visit our LGBTQ Living Well and Transgender Care resource pages.

Your Health Matters!

Two great ways to improve your health are VOTING and completing the census. Both are safe and help your community receive funding for health, education and housing. CHA is working to reduce the gap in voter participation, which over the past decade has occurred along racial, educational, and socioeconomic divides.

If you need help registering to vote or filling out the census, please stop by one of our voter registration tables over the next several weeks outside the main entrances of the Cambridge Hospital, the Somerville Campus, and the Everett Hospital.

Check out all your health information on MyCHArt!