Monthly Archives: April 2011

Chicago Lawn recently welcomed Raul Valdivia as the new Family Case Manager for their site. Raul started with Chicago Family Health Center on February 28, and many of you may have seen his smiling face at South Chicago for several weeks while he was being trained. He is excited to be here and we look forward to working with him to better serve our patients. Please take a few moments to read more about Raul and be sure to give him the official CFHC welcome when you run into him.

Name: Raul Valdivia
Title: Family Case Manager, Chicago Lawn
Deep dish or thin crust: Deep Dish
Black or Cream and Sugar: Cream & Sugar
Cats or Dogs: Cats
MySpace or Facebook: FB, who has MySpace account anymore
Jerry Springer or Oprah: Jerry
Instant Message or Text Message: Text Message
White Sox or Cubs: White Sox…Winning! Duh
If they could bottle your personality what would the label read: Amor
My theme song is: “Shaft” theme music
Any pets?: No
If I were a super hero, I would be: Superman
The movie version of my life should be titled: American Mexican
Something I said I’d never do but did anyway was: Sky dive
Two things I can’t live without are: My wife and kids
It’s Sunday morning at 10 a.m. If I’m not sleeping, I’m: Rushing to get ready for 11 a.m. mass
The best thing about Chicago is: the lake
My favorite physical activity is: playing basketball; chasing after my kids
One thing I love that everyone else dislikes is: Anchovies
If I could have a dinner party and invite any four people, dead or alive, the guest list would be: Malcolm X, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Pope John Paul II
The first thing I do when I wake up is: Give thanks for waking up to a new day and fresh start
If I could change one thing about Chicago, it would be: Free city parking on Sundays
One thing people are surprised to find out about me is: I speak some French
The last concert I went to was: Juan Gabriel & Marco Antonio Soliz
My favorite tv show to watch as a kid was: Tom ‘n Jerry

Chicago Family Health Center Chicago Lawn inaugurated its new, state-of-the-art Dental Suite on Friday, April 1st thanks to a generous $276,000 grant from the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation. The health center opened last spring making quality, comprehensive, primary care accessible to Southwest Side residents who are medically underserved and uninsured.

“There is a direct correlation between oral health and the general health and wellness of individuals,” said Warren J. Brodine, CFCH CEO. “With caries among the leading childhood diseases, children in particular need to develop good oral healthcare habits early on. For pregnant mothers, oral healthcare is an essential component of a complete prenatal care program and ultimately, in the delivery healthy babies.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children see the dentist when their first tooth appears. For many, that’s at six months of age. The dental program at Chicago Lawn specializes in dentistry for children and pregnant mothers. The program expands access to dental services for children through targeted outreach with partners such as Head Start, area schools and local child services agencies. For pregnant women, the program stresses dental education and prevention for themselves and their newborns.

The Chicago Lawn Dental Suite features four high-tech dental operatories with digital x-ray capability and a full-time staff including a dentist and two dental assistants. Chicago Family Health Center accepts Medicaid, Medicare and all major insurance plans. Uninsured patients can take advantage of a discount program that is based on their income or ability to pay.

For more information or to make a dental or medical appointment please call 773-768-5000.

With the emergence of electronic health records, patient privacy and medical information safety has become a very important issue in the healthcare industry, and many new policies, procedures and practices have been developed to protect the privacy and security of EHRs. As a result of some of these new policies, medical information in an EHR is now protected in many ways. Below are a few ways that patient information is protected:

• There are new laws in place to protect information in medical records
• Only doctors who need your medical information will have access to it
• Medical information in a patient’s EHR will be protected by a password so not everyone can see it
• The computer can track anyone who has looked at a patient’s medical information
• Doctors and staff will be thoroughly trained on how to keep patient information safe and private

In many healthcare settings around the country, and particularly here at Chicago Family Health Center, EHRs will soon be a reality. An EHR will offer better privacy and security protections than a paper record and patient information will become more readily available when needed. EHR privacy and security are very important and we want to make sure that all CFHC employees are well informed about how to maintain a patient’s EHR privately and securely. Visit the links below for more information about EHR security and patient confidentiality.

Electronic Health Records (EHR)