June 26, 2017 EditionEdition

🔒Bloomfield commercial tract priced at $1.125 million

A 17.59-acre Bloomfield commercial parcel in the shadow of the Niagara Water bottling plant is for sale at $1.125 million, brokers say.

🔒Anti-vaccination movement puts CT docs in educator role

Connecticut's vaccination rates are among the highest in the country, but local doctors are still concerned about what they see as an increasing wariness and distrust by parents and patients of shots aimed at preventing various diseases like measles, mumps and rubella.

🔒Greater Hartford Health’s summer issue

Check out the second issue of our new healthcare magazine.

🔒In health care, outdoor settings matter

A growing body of research shows that exposure to outdoor green spaces improves cognitive, mental and physical health.
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🔒Healthcare providers prep for new emergency preparedness rule

With a November implementation deadline fast approaching, healthcare providers are tasked with ensuring they are compliant with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Emergency Preparedness Rule.

🔒Chrysalis Center collects food for Freshplace

Chrysalis Center's second annual Donation Creation Food Drive and Competition raised nearly 5,000 non-perishable food items for...

🔒A tax reform blueprint for Connecticut

These days, it may seem like Connecticut is the land of unsteady habits. As Gov. Malloy says, sometimes it just feels like we always see the glass half empty.

🔒CT health information exchange efforts forge ahead

Connecticut has tried and failed several times over the past decade to build a statewide network that would enable more seamless sharing of patients' health data between their doctors and various other providers.
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🔒CT movie theaters reinvent business model to lure patrons

Ahmad Ali Davis, owner of the six-screen Parkade Cinemas in Manchester, knew his small 1950s-era movie house needed to change with the times to draw movie-watchers away from Netflix and the comforts of their own home theaters.

🔒Foxwoods gambles on interactive gaming

Q&A talks with Felix Rappaport, president & CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino, about interactive gaming. Foxwoods recently introduced skill-based video game gambling machines in partnership with New York City-based GameCo Inc.

🔒Budget inaction bigger threat than Fla. Gov’s overtures

Florida Gov. Rick Scott's visit to Connecticut last week was as much a political stunt as it was an attempt to recruit companies to move to the Sunshine State.

🔒Comcast NBCUniversal awards scholarships to high school seniors

Comcast NBCUniversal has awarded $53,000 in scholarships for the 2017-18 school year to Connecticut students as part...
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🔒Q&A: Weighing the risks of youth concussions in sports

Q&A talks with Dr. David Wang, director of Elite Sports Medicine at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, about youth sports and concussions, which occur after a blow to the head causes a transient change of neurologic function without any structural brain abnormality. Concussion symptoms include headache, dizziness, light sensitivity and memory impairment, which can lead to more significant and prolonged symptoms and in some rare cases even death if not treated properly.

🔒Robinson+Cole participates in Junior Achievement Career Walk

Lawyers and staff members from the Hartford office of Robinson+Cole participated in Junior Achievement's first “Career Walk”...

🔒Concierge medicine grows in CT as healthcare landscape shifts

Dr. Fausto Petruzziello has been a primary care physician for more than two decades. But over the last several years he saw big changes in the way he was practicing medicine — and not for the better.

🔒Petit foundation supports science camp

The Children's Museum in West Hartford received a $5,000 grant from the Petit Family Foundation to support...
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🔒Bristol Hospital sports medicine surgeon keeps New Britain Bees players buzzing

For New Britain Bees players, staying healthy isn't just important to building and maintaining a quality team.

🔒From refugee to chiropractic entrepreneur, Boghosian’s life finds healthy alignment

Long before chiropractor Karlos Boghosian began adjusting patients' spines to improve their functionality and health, he made a seismic personal adjustment as a youth whose family fled their homeland amid religious persecution and war.

🔒Businesses seek bigger say in education reform

About a month before Connecticut careened into an extended legislative session to address its fiscal crisis, two industry-backed nonprofits joined forces with the hopes of giving businesses a bigger say in education reform.

🔒How to build a companywide leadership culture

“Leaders Made Here: Building a Leadership Culture” by Mark Miller (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, $22.95).Miller's tale about “bench strength”...
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🔒Hartford students take second place at Entrepreneurship Challenge

Students from Pathways Academy in Hartford, Aracelis Figueroa and Angelica Ortiz, won second place at the Network...
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