Welcome to our Medical Practice!

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​We are very proud to offer integrated care that focuses on involving the patient in their health care choices. The Community Health Center of Franklin County has two sites where you can receive your medical care, one located in Greenfield and another in Orange. We have built many partnerships and added additional services to our primary and pediatric care such as a Nutrition, Certified Diabetes Education and having a Community Health Worker on staff. 
Read more about our additional clinical services and partnerships below.

Clinical Services

Walk-in Medical Appointments
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We are now offering walk in medical appointments to our all of our established medical patients:

  • Arrive between 7:45am and 8:00am on any weekday when the clinic is open.

  • Patients are seen at a first come, first serve basis.

  • Limited to one immediate minor illness or injury. 

  • You may be seen by any provider. 

  • Transportation can be arranged. 

    Nutrition and Certified Diabetes Education
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Mary Sieruta, RD, MS, LDN, CDE
Certified Diabetes Educator
Mary Sieruta achieved Certified Diabetes Educator®(CDE®) status in 2014. The Community Health Center of Franklin County demonstrates their value for the promotion of quality care for people with diabetes while supporting Mary in this achievement.

Mary has been a Registered Dietitian with the Community Health Center for seven years and sees patients in both our Greenfield and Orange offices. She finds her “passion especially focused on childhood obesity and in working on diabetes management.”
She attended UMass/Amherst and Framingham State University and recently completed a program with Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Institute in collaboration with The Joslin Diabetes Center.

Mary is accepting new patients regardless of where you receive medical care. Call to make an appointment!

Meet our Community Health Worker
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Yangchen Sithir
If you are dealing with managing diabetes, pre-diabetes, or hypertension Yangchen can work with you in between or during provider visits to assist you with improving your health.  Are you struggling with sorting out diet improvements?  Really want to get the exercise you need but feel like it’s hard to get started?  Are you considering reducing or quitting smoking?  Yangchen can meet with you at the Community Health Center of Franklin County in Greenfield or Orange or in your home to help you learn more and move forward.

You probably already have a good idea about actions you can take to improve your health and if not Yangchen can help with education and resources.  

Important to your overall health care, we will look at barriers – what’s holding you back from making healthier choices?  Yangchen can assist you with help and referrals relating to food/dietary issues, housing, applying for disability, child care, fuel assistance, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, HIV/Hepatitis C education as well as other issues.

When you choose to work with Yangchen you will have the opportunity to develop plans and goals for real world application.  No pressure and no fee.

*To set up an initial appointment you can reach Yangchen at 413-325-8500 ext. 190 or you may talk with your clinician during your visit.

Connecticut River Valley Farmworker Health Program

The Farmworker Program is a valley-wide project of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers that pays for primary care services to qualified migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents. The program is offered through participating health centers in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Vivitrol
We began this program with a partnership with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office to provide ongoing Vivitrol treatment in conjunction with primary care after release from jail.
VIVITROL is a non addictive prescription medication that is injectable once-monthly. This medication is used to treat alcohol dependence and prevent relapse to opioid dependence after opioid detox. Patients should stop drinking before starting VIVITROL. Patients also must stop taking opioids or other opioid-containing medications before starting VIVITROL VIVITROL must be used with other alcohol or drug recovery programs such as counseling. VIVITROL may not work for everyone and has not been studied in children.


"VIVITROL® Official Site | VIVITROL® (naltrexone for Extended-release Injectable Suspension)." VIVITROL®. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2016.
For more information call our offices at (413) 325-8500 or (978) 544-7800
you can also visit the Vivitrol website