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NEWS
FROM CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
Media Advisory
SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY WILL RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD FROM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
Nation's top supporter of public healthcare will also read to children
at Cambridge Health Alliance's pediatric literacy program
What: Ceremony to give the National Association of Public
Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH) Lifetime Achievement Award to
Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
Follow-up event, where Senator Kennedy will read to young children
at Cambridge Health Alliance's (CHA) pediatric literacy program.
CHA is one of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Reach Out and Read
sites.
Who: Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Senior Minority Member,
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Dennis D. Keefe, Chief Executive Officer, Cambridge Health
Alliance
Christine Capito Burch, Executive Director, National Association
of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
Thomas Traylor, Vice President, Federal, State, and Local
Programs, Boston Medical Center
Gary N. Lapidas, Senior Vice President, UMass Memorial Health
Care
When: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. (Cambridge Award Ceremony)
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. (Somerville "Reading with the Senator"
event)
Where: Award Ceremony: The Cambridge Hospital
2nd Floor Atrium, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Cambridge Health Alliance Somerville Pediatrics "Reading"
event: Somerville Pediatrics, 2nd Floor Waiting Room, 300 Broadway,
Somerville, MA
Why: Since 1980, the National Association of Public Hospitals
and Health Systems has advocated on behalf of the nation's most
important safety net hospitals and health systems.
Throughout that time, Senator Kennedy has stood alone amongst the
staunchest allies of public hospitals and health systems, working
closely with NAPH members to advance the cause of community health
centers, teaching hospitals, and children's hospitals.
The Senator's tireless efforts on behalf of the NAPH and its members
have benefited untold millions of Americans from all walks of life
and from all geographic backgrounds.
Cambridge Health Alliance's commitment to literacy is a program
that embodies a public healthcare systems' contribution to wellness
and the whole child.
CAMBRIDGE
HEALTH ALLIANCE
Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning health
system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville,
Everett, Revere, and Boston’s Metro-North communities. It includes
three hospitals, more than 20 primary care practices, the Cambridge
Public Health Department, and the Network Health plan. With this
unique model, the Alliance is able to offer the finest health services,
a diverse working environment, and a premier training experience
in community-based medicine.
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