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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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A quick post: A Thank You to All Who Served

Memorial Day Weekend is one of the best weekend’s to spend in Indianapolis. 1) The first weekend of GREAT weather. 2) The Indianapolis 500 turns Speedway into the second largest city in Indiana for a day. 3) Cookouts, family, friends and a DAY OFF of work. But more importantly, we celebrate Memorial Day.  A day [...]

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#YOUTUBE WEEK: Gain an inside look into our Homeless Initative Program!

Street Outreach Employment & Training Workshop You can learn more about other services provided by our Homeless Initiative Program by clicking here.  Also, if you want to get more of an inside look from month to month, sign up for our eNewsletter today!

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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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Our Petition Drive was a success! Make that voice even stronger.

Over the past six weeks, staff at each of our health centers, have been working hard at a petition drive to gain as many signatures of support from staff, patients and the community for the Health Center Program. It is vital to maintain and very important to try and increase the amount of federal funding for [...]

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What is this GET UP, GET OUT AND GO VOTE theme??

Well, it is a play on words from a throwback hip-hop song that I don’t think is appropriate to post directly on this blog . (But feel free to try and search for it). BUT… the basis for the theme is to have some fun with voting in the Indiana Presidential Primary next week – [...]

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The Gift of a Great Smile

We often take so much for granted in life. Like, for example, the ability to smile. Or laugh out loud, or chew any type of food we like, or grin for photographs without feeling embarrassed about our teeth. It’s hard to flash those pearly whites, though, if your teeth are a mess, or if you’re [...]

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Don’t vote in the Presidential Primary? Do it for your health center.

It’s already known that just over 90 million people voted in the 2010 November elections.  While 90 million may look like a lot, that’s still only 1/3 of our population. So you are registered to vote, but let’s add some barriers – Limited access to a car, just moved, and you have a million other [...]

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