Masks are optional! Well… really, they have always been.
Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance that says “fully vaccinated” Americans do not need to follow precautions at all (not masks nor distancing) except for as required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance. This guidance does not apply to […]
Advances in Understanding Alzheimer’s Provide New Hope
While the nation was justly focused on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia death increased 16 percent according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death behind stroke but causes more deaths than diabetes. Alzheimer’s Disease is responsible for most (about 70 percent) of dementia cases. Lifetime risk for […]
Our Clinic Nurses Set the Bar for Quality Care
You may have noticed that healthcare is full of recognition days and events both big and small – from heart month, to women’s health week, to national hand washing day, to patient experience week (which we talked about just last week). It’s our way of keeping your health top of mind. But there’s none as […]
Patient Satisfaction is at the Heart of Experience Appreciation Week
Patient experience: [ pey-shuhnt ik-speer-ee-uhns ]: the sum of all interactions, shaped by an organization’s culture, that influence patient perceptions across the continuum of care. Patient satisfaction [ pey-shuhnt sat-is-fak-shuhn ]: a subjective measure of whether a patient’s expectations about a health encounter were met. This week is Patient Experience Week (April 26-30) and we wanted to […]
Why We Need to Talk about Non-Communicable Diseases
With so much attention over the past year-plus focused on COVID-19, there was little time to discuss one of the largest killers: non-communicable or chronic diseases. Unlike diseases that can spread, non-communicable diseases can be controlled and often prevented. That was the key message of the April 12 Grande Rounds webinar with Salim S. Virani, […]
COVID-19 Vaccination Update
As of April 16, the Boca Grande Health Clinic will have vaccinated 1,471 patients and members of the Island community with their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 1,032 with their second dose. All Florida residents 18 years of age and older are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. With recent changes in eligibility, […]
Say Hello to Our New Nurses
The Boca Grande Health Clinic recently welcomed three new nurses to the Clinic’s care team. “We are proud to have such an amazing team of clinicians to serve our Island patients community,” said Mark Driscoll, Boca Grande Health Clinic CEO. “These three professionals have made joining a new team, which can be challenging during the […]
April 12 Grande Rounds to Address Non-Communicable Diseases
The Boca Grande Health Clinic and the Boca Grande Health Foundation are proud to welcome Salim S. Virani, MD, Ph.D., a tenured professor in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research, Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, and Cardiologist at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, TX, to speak […]
Boca Grande Health Clinic Doctors Honored
National Doctors’ Day – the holiday that falls on March 30 every year to honor America’s physicians – took on much greater meaning in this second year of the pandemic. We did take time out at the Clinic for a brief celebration, but it was quickly back to what has become “business as usual” as […]
Getting Back to Medical Normal
It was brought to my attention that March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, not to be confused with National Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, or any other cancer awareness month. As a practitioner and student of Cancer Medicine for the last 40 years, every month has been Any Cancer Awareness Month. Therefore, I […]