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Our First YouTube Video: HealthNet’s National Health Center Week: A Thank You from our President & CEO, Booker Thomas

Yes!  We are finally venturing into the YouTube world.  This has been on the map for a while now, but we finally have had our own content and the time to put together a quick thank you video from our President & CEO, Booker Thomas, to our staff for National Health Center Week! This is [...]

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Our BRAND NEW Community Health Center – People’s Health & Dental Center Grand Opening!

Our National Health Center Week celebrations kind of overflowed into this week! And in no way is that upsetting!   Tuesday, August 16th, the new health & dental center played host to many of the early organizers of the very FIRST People’s Health Center as well as special guests – Representative André Carson, Mayor Greg [...]

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Celebrating National Health Center Week – More than just appreciation

Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s staff lunches were AWESOME!  And, I am not just talking about the food.  Being able to have time for everyone to sit down, not worry about taking care of your own lunch, and just taking time to hang with one another is great. Tuesday at the HealthNet Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center, [...]

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Celebrating National Health Center Week – Lunchtime Style!

There are not many things that bring people together like food.  Everyone has to have it, everyone gets hungry around the same time, and it is great to sit down with your friends to enjoy it. So what better way to start celebrating National Health Center Week here at HealthNet than staff appreciation lunches throughout [...]

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#GiveaCareAbout Your Health – And Your Neighborhood

This week, the Indiana State Department of Health announced a five-year plan aimed at helping Hoosiers become healthier. The plan names six top priorities that state officials believe have the most significant influence on health in Indiana. Can you guess what made the list? Increase Hoosiers at a healthy weight Decrease tobacco usage Reduce infant [...]

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National Health Center Week is less than TWO WEEKS away!

With National Health Center Week less than two weeks away, we are busy over here!  Planning staff appreciation lunches, ordering t-shirts, making signage, and bringing everything together. While caring for others is what we do best, National Health Center Week (NHCW) — for us, at HealthNet – is about taking time to step back and [...]

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A Resident’s Insight into our Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center

I got a chance to catch up with one of our resident’s at our Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center (PACC), the largest Pediatric Residency Continuity Clinic for the IU School of Medicine (IUSOM), with 44 resident physicians and 12 staff providers.  This month will mark the THIRD anniversary of the PACC becoming part of HealthNet [...]

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3 ways to give a care about the underserved in Indy

A recent article titled “Charities cash in at store checkouts” was featured on WTHR  and talks about a fundraising practice called “embedded giving” – where businesses encourage customers to donate $1 or $2 to a nonprofit organization during their check-out. This article sparked a thought over here at HealthNet, specifically in the Development Department. How [...]

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Give a Care about Indy’s Far Eastside!

In Indy, we take pride in our neighborhoods. From Martindale-Brightwood to Downtown, Fountain Square to Brookside or Broad Ripple, we appreciate the personality and flavor of each small community.  Well, we JUST became a Far Eastside neighbor!! At HealthNet, we’ve been deeply invested in our neighborhoods for more than 40 years. In fact, many of [...]

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Kids not being able to get the shots needed for school

The article “No low-cost vaccinations for insured children, state says” was featured on IndyStar.com, yesterday.  (Read the entire article here.) The article written reports that a new Indiana State Department of Health policy goes into effect starting July 1st that will no longer allow county health departments to provide low-cost immunizations to children who have [...]

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