WIC and health services managers enjoy a success at the computer. The two managers provide agency leadership at the Gaithersburg Solomon Health Center. Between the two major programs and across the county, CCI sees more than 28,000 children and adults at six accessible locations.

Message from the Incoming Chair

Message from the Executive Director

Message from the Medical Director

Performance Improvement and Program Committee Report

Operations Report

Finance Committee Report

Safety Report

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) !0th Anniversary

Advancement Report

CCI Partners 2005-2006

Message from the Incoming Chair
Alice Barnett

An incoming Chair has the unique perspective of viewing the year ahead and planning for agency and program success. With 34 years of CCI history and expansion to build on, envisioning the future affords us the opportunity to add value to what is already in place. We get the chance to advance the effort to improve services for healthier living.

This year will unfold with significant new initiatives that can yield truly positive results. For several years, the Board and management recognized unmet needs that were real barriers to our patients trying to achieve good health. We were keenly aware a more holistic approach would make better sense to keep and maintain healthy life practices. In keeping our sights on the patient as a “whole person,” we identified several areas we needed to address to accomplish our philosophy. Next year, CCI will be in a position to move into these areas.

First, the advent of a new women’s health program will provide the final link in a wide array of services for adolescent girls and women. Dr. Candace Green will begin her practice at CCI at the Marilyn K. Freeland, R.N., Family Health Center beginning in January. CCI is prepared to equip her exam rooms and office for an appropriate clinical environment, and Dr. Green will begin seeing patients for prenatal, delivery, and post-partum visits.
Since more patients are coming to CCI from across the metro area, CCI will open a new site as an expansion of primary care services in Rockville. Co-located with CCI/WIC in this mid-county site, space is dedicated for three exam rooms, a lab, and an office. A CCI family practitioner and support staff will begin operations later this year. Access is a primary CCI mission, and transportation is eased for patients on the Rockville Pike major artery.

Finally, somatic care is only half the picture of maintaining good health. The other half is behavioral care. For the first time in more than a decade, CCI is planning to offer basic mental health services for families, children, and adults. Already furnished with two clinical therapy suites, the Freeland Center will house the pilot program. CCI has arranged with the state of Maryland for licensing and program support. Sessions will be run by a licensed clinical social worker with a consultant psychiatrist.

With body, mind, and psyche the focus of our approach, diagnosis, and treatment, patients will be better educated about their own health and better able to take charge of it. We’ve seen families eat better with WIC nutrition education, and children stay healthier with the Vaccines for Children campaign. Looking at each patient and participant in the big picture, as a whole person, health initiatives stand a better chance of doing a good job in the long run.