Wheeler's Values In Action | | Wheeler Awarded $3.75M Grant to Expand Addiction Treatment in New Britain, Waterbury | | |
Wheeler has received a five-year, $3.75 million federal grant to expand addiction treatment and recovery services for adults in New Britain and Waterbury. The initiative will enhance mobile health services, support individuals transitioning from correctional facilities, and provide care to an estimated 1,000 adults over five years.
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Anonymous Donor Supports Wheeler's
Basic Needs Fund
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A first-time donor has made a generous $20,000 gift to Wheeler’s Basic Needs Fund. Since 2018, the fund has helped meet urgent needs for approximately 11,000 patients, providing essentials such as food, toiletries, clothing, and other immediate support when a lack of basic resources puts health and well-being at risk.
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Wheeler Welcomes Dr. Isabel
Guillen-Mendez
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Wheeler welcomes Isabel Guillen-Mendez, MD, to its Family Health & Wellness Center in Bristol, where she will provide psychiatric services. With extensive experience in emergency and inpatient psychiatric care, neuropsychiatry, and behavioral neurology, Dr. Guillen-Mendez brings a compassionate, patient-centered approach to mental health care, with a focus on reducing stigma and improving patient well-being.
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| | Welcome Wheeler's Third Residency Class | | |
Wheeler welcomes four clinicians to its third annual residency class, bringing diverse experiences and clinical perspectives to community-based care. The innovative program provides nurse practitioners and physician assistants with hands-on training and mentorship in primary care and psychiatry, helping develop the next generation of community health leaders.
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| | Community-Based Family and Evaluation Services Annual Team Celebration | | |
Every year, our Community-Based Family Services and Evaluation Services teams gather to celebrate their work and each other. Earlier this month, staff came together to showcase their talents in working with systems that promote child and family well-being. Our teams danced, performed stand-up comedy, painted murals, sang songs, and more!
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| | Northwest Village School Open House | | Wheeler to Transition to Epic in 2027 | | |
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Wheeler is preparing to transition to Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system in February 2027. Epic will be hosted through OCHIN, a collaborative of approximately 300 healthcare organizations across the country that share one instance of the Epic EHR system.
Several small teams are working behind the scenes to prepare Epic for use across Wheeler. Current areas of focus include staff and provider setup, scheduling, billing, and clinical documentation.
| | Connecticut Foodshare Mobile Pantry in New Britain | | |
We are so appreciative of our friends from M&T Bank, American Eagle, and Mott for helping at our mobile pantry distribution at our New Britain Family Health & Wellness Center. Below is our next event happening in New Britain:
Connecticut Foodshare Mobile Pantry
Friday, October 30
10:45am-11:30am
40 Hart Street, New Britain
While supplies last
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| | Help Our Neighbors Weather the Season | | This fall, help us make sure everyone has the basics they need to thrive. As the air turns crisp and the leaves begin to fall, your generosity can bring warmth, comfort, and stability to individuals and families facing difficult times. Please consider making a gift to our Basic Needs Fund to help our community weather the season with dignity and care. | | | | |
