Fwd: : Stroudwater Releases Report on Northern Berkshires Health Needs

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Bill Densmore

Williamstown, Mass.

Off: 413-458-8001 / m: 617-448-6600

wpdensmore@gmail.com

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From: Debby Dane <debbydane@willinet.org>
Date: September 18, 2014 at 1:57:37 PM MDT
To: Alex Brooks <goodbrooks@verizon.net>, Tela Zasloff <jzasloff@adelphia.net>, Bill Densmore <wpdensmore@gmail.com>, Harry Montgomery <harry_montgomery@hotmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: : Stroudwater Releases Report on Northern Berkshires Health Needs

All,

 FYI

Deb

Debby Dane
Executive Director
WilliNet, Connecting You to Your Community
34 Spring Street
Williamstown, MA 01267
413-458-0900
willinet.org

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From: Al Bashevkin <abashevkin@nbccoalition.org>
Date: Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 3:38 PM
Subject: Fwd: : Stroudwater Releases Report on Northern Berkshires Health Needs
To: Cathleen Mcelligott <Cathleen.mcelligott@state.ma.us>, Al Bashevkin <abashevkin@nbccoalition.org>

Friends…here is the recently released Stroudwater Report offer recommendations following the closing of North Adams Regional Hospital. Please note that there will be two community presentations regarding this report...Tuesday, September 23 at 5:30 PM and Wednesday, September 24 at 9:30 AM at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Church Street Center Social Hall, Church St, North Adams.

Thanks to Cathleen McElligott for making this all happen.

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From: McElligott, Cathleen (DPH) <cathleen.mcelligott@state.ma.us>
Date: Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:26 PM
Subject: : Stroudwater Releases Report on Northern Berkshires Health Needs
To: Al Bashevkin <abashevkin@nbccoalition.org>

Can you help us disseminate….

 

Updated version with specific location noted at MCLA…

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I am pleased to inform you that Stroudwater Associates has completed their assessment of the northern Berkshire community's health care needs and their report is posted on the website of the Department of Public Health (DPH) State Office of Rural Health, which commissioned the report.  Attached is a press release about this with a link to the report. The link is: http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/northern-berkshire-county-assessment.pdf

 

Please note that there will be 2 community meetings held at which the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Mass Department of Public Health will be present, along with the authors of the report, who will  discuss the report findings and answer questions.

 

The community meetings will be Tuesday, September 23 at 5:30 PM and Wednesday, September 24 at 9:30 AM at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Church Street Center Social Hall, Church St, North Adams.  

 

We look forward to meeting with you. Please help us spread the word about the community meetings.

 

Regards,

Cathleen McElligott

Director, MDPH State Office of Rural Health

Massachusetts Dept of Public Health

180 Beaman St, West Boylston, MA 01583

Email: cathleen.mcelligott@state.ma.us

Office Tel: 508-792-7880 Ext 2172 

Fax: 508-792-7706

Building Partnerships for Better Health in Rural Communities

 

MDPH Website: www.mass.gov/dph

SORH Webpages: www.mass.gov/dph/ruralhealth

Follow us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/RuralHealthMDPH

 

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Al Bashevkin

Northern Berkshire Community Coalition
61 Main Street Suite 218
North Adams, MA 01247
413 663-7588
www.nbccoalition.org