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CHA Physician Details Impact of Climate Change on Health

CHA Researchers Find Many With Health Insurance Can't See a Doctor When Needed

CHA Cambridge Birth Center Receives Baby-Friendly Re-Designation

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an academic community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's metro-north region, is excited to share that the CHA Cambridge Birth Center has received the prestigious Baby-Friendly re-designation after a rigorous review process conducted by Baby-Friendly USA , the organization responsible for granting this certification in the United States.  The Cambridge Birth Center is an intimate, warm, home-like setting right across the stre...

Boston Globe Highlights CHA Study on Challenges of Federal Database of Addiction Treatment Providers

Cambridge Health Alliance Names Assaad Sayah, MD, as New Chief Executive Officer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) Board of Trustees today announced the selection of Assaad Sayah, MD, as CHA's new chief executive officer. Dr. Sayah, the health system's chief medical officer, has served as the interim CEO since June. With support from recruiting firm Isaacson, Miller, Inc., CHA's search committee, composed of CHA Board members, senior leaders, providers, staff and community and government leaders, screened 150 applicants from across the country. Isaacson, Miller'...

CHA Geriatric Psychiatrist Explores Benefits of Spending Time in Nature

CHA Physician Showcased in Boston Magazine Feature on Medical Mysteries

CHA Named an Honoree in Healthiest Employers® of Massachusetts

CHA Named an Honoree in Healthiest Employers® of Massachusetts Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) has been recognized as one of the 2019 honorees of the Healthiest Employers of Boston, MA, a nationally recognized awards program powered by the Springbuk Health Intelligence Platform. Applicants to the Healthiest Employers® awards program were evaluated across six key categories, representing a holistic view of employee wellbeing: Culture and Leadership Commitment, Foundational Components, Strategic Planning,...

Study on Push-ups and Heart Health Led by CHA Physician Is Most Viewed on JAMA Network in 2019

Research published in JAMA Network Open by Stefanos Kales, MD, MPH, division chief of occupational and environmental medicine at CHA and a professor in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, was the most viewed study among JAMA's network of journals in 2019 . More than 500 000 people accessed the study, which looked at push-up capacity among 1104 US male firefighters. As we get older, maintaining the capacity to do more consecutive push-ups might help assess...

CHA Researcher Featured in HMS Magazine for LGBTQ Health Equity Work