Patience Jones

Christopher Del Vecchio – MVP Health Care CEO

An Interview with Christopher Del Vecchio – MVP Health Care CEO

While Open Door is devoted to providing affordable health care and wellness programs to the communities we serve, we couldn’t do it without the support of Visionary Sponsors such as MVP Health Care. Not only does Open Door work closely with MVP to provide the best possible health insurance experience to many of our patients, […]

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Open Door COVID-19 Outreach Specialist John Rodriguez

Open Door Brings Covid-19 Outreach Into Local Communities

Open Door brings Covid-19 outreach into local communities, providing information and access to resources. To date, Open Door has provided vaccinations to close to 27,900 individuals. However, vaccine hesitancy continues to persist throughout Open Door communities and Open Door is responding. For many of our families, Open Door is the first and only line of health defense before hospital emergency rooms. Throughout the pandemic, Open Door has quickly responded to

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Open Door Welcomes New Board Member Ruth Sapatanga

Open Door Welcomes New Board Member Ruth Sapatanga

Ruth Sapatanga became a patient at the Open Door Family Medical Center site in Ossining shortly after arriving here in 2017 from her native Ecuador. This month, as part of its ongoing goal to meet the needs of the people the federally qualified health care center serves, Open Door has added Sapatanga to its Medical Center Board of Directors. “Community health centers are medical practices that are owned by

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Open Door Family Medical Centers Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week

Open Door Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week

Open Door Family Medical Center rolled out the red carpet to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week with WIC (Women, Infants and Children) breastfeeding mothers and babies at Brewster and Ossining Open Door locations. The celebration embraced the whole family, as siblings and partners also attended. Highlights of the day included “The Big Latch,” – a time where mothers all over the world were

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Open Door’s Dr. Murray Honored as Doctor of Distinction

Open Door’s Dr. Murray Honored as Doctor of Distinction

Dr. Karen M. Murray, obstetrician-gynecologist and Senior Medical Site Director of the Ossining Open Door Family Medical Center, has been named the recipient of the Caring for All Award. Westfair Communications, publisher of Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals, presents the award as part of its Doctors of Distinction awards program. The awards recognize compassionate care, celebrating extraordinary health care

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Open Door Family Medical Centers to Give Students a Fresh Start for the New School Year

Open Door to Give Students a Fresh Start for the New School Year

Open Door Family Medical Center, in collaboration with MVP Health Care, celebrated National Health Center Week by providing free backpacks and school supplies to all school children who came in for a visit during the week. The celebration and Back to School giveaway took place at its health centers throughout Westchester and Putnam counties. The giveaway took place August

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Lindsay Farrell, Open Door Family Medical Centers CEO

Lindsay Farrell tackles a triathlon like she does her professional life –with energy & determination

Several years ago, at a health fair at Open Door Family Medical Center, where she’s served as president and CEO since 1999, Farrell was told that her blood pressure was high. This brought her to the realization that not only did she need to reduce her blood pressure but she could also stand to lose

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Pediatric Offices are Returning to In-Person Visits, But Telehealth Will Continue to Play a Role

Over the last 18 months, telehealth provided a critical bridge for patients hoping to connect with their doctors and yet avoid in-person visits to their providers’ offices for fear of exposure to COVID-19. Open Door Family Medical Center pediatricians like Dr. Andrew Swiderski found connecting by telephone, through video or the exchange of photos, helpful in engaging

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