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Our CEO Transition: Jimmy Brown & Booker Thomas Conversation

As HealthNet faces a transition period, our current President & CEO – Booker Thomas – and our incoming President & CEO – Jimmy Brown – sat down together to talk about the past, present, and future of the organization. Listen in to hear what Jimmy’s vision is for the future, what words of advice Booker [...]

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A Lot Going On and Not Enough Space to Write!

post by Willie Matis. Click here to find out more about ALL of our bloggers! It will be two years at HealthNet for me on July 6th! My how time flies. Since working here, I have seen 4 health center openings, a National Health Center Week, a couple Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families graduations, and been [...]

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OUR HEALTHNET: In the words of our Homeless Initiative Program’s Case Worker

post written by Toscha Wilkins.  Meet the rest of our blog team here. “Our HealthNet” starts with the staff that come in every day prepared to assist our clients with getting their needs met and helping them to become self- sufficient. Debra Marshall comes in daily before our doors even open to make a fresh [...]

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OUR HEALTHNET.

post written by Benita Mullins.  Meet the rest of our staff blog team by clicking here! “Our” HealthNet is right! They have become such a big part of our lives, our families, and our community. HealthNet is growing and changing (for the better) in the most conventional ways but keeping with the same timeless values. [...]

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We’re in this Together. The feeling you get when walking through our doors!

post written by Laura Jay-Ballinger.  To meet the rest of our blog team, click here! As eluded to in my bio, I started as a student interning at HealthNet in 2009.  It was a brief stint- roughly two months- in which I jumped head first into the work and community of caregivers. I was terrified! [...]

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Eat Healthy by Getting your Plate in Shape!

post written by Karen Gough.  To learn more about our Blog Team click here. At the beginning of May HealthNet and IU Health started a voucher program that provided $7.00/week to shop at the Garden on the Go locations.  This Rx program will run from May thru November 2012.  There will be 25 participants chosen [...]

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From Corrections to a Safe Place

post written by staff blogger, Bhumi Bhavsar.  Get to know more about our blog team here. Having worked with the corrections, work release, addictions, and Veterans populations, I had never heard of HealthNet prior to obtaining my call for an interview for a position I had applied for via IU Health’s website.  I dealt with [...]

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3 Things to See and Keep an Eye Out for…

Coming back from the holiday weekend has been a busy one for us here at HealthNet! And things just keep getting busier, so here is a quick post to let you all know what to see and look out for during the month of June.  (We are really, really excited and just had to share [...]

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What is it like for a nurse in a Community Health Center?

In honor of National Nurses Week, we wanted to hear the opinion our health center managers, who are all Registered Nurses, on what it is like to be a nurse in a community health center. Two of our managers had some great things to say… Dana Greenwood, RN, is the nurse manager at our Pediatric [...]

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15 Lessons I’ve Learned During My Nursing Career

René Kougel, health center manager at our Martindale-Brightwood Health & Dental Center & Eastside Health Center, is a Registered Nurse just like each one of our health center managers.  She has had a lot of experience in the nursing industry, and she wanted to share some “things that I often say to people that I’ve [...]

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