Healthcare News

Over the past few months, the Boca Grande Health Clinic and its physicians have worked hard to provide a care environment that laid the foundation for the safe return of winter residents and the ongoing health of our Island community. Our actions were guided by science and by a heartfelt desire to serve the best […]

Mental illness. It’s almost as common as the everyday cold. Yet, it’s considered by many a taboo subject. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness and nearly 40 percent of them don’t seek treatment or help from others. It’s not just an adult issue. […]

On September 23, Dr.Paul Auwaerter, MBA, MD, clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, spoke to an audience of more than 300 people to discuss “Back to Boca,” the first in a four-part, free webinar series to provide our community with facts about COVID-19, including recommendations for safe […]

National Primary Care Week, observed Oct. 5-9, is an annual celebration of the contributions that primary care work makes toward the health of the nation. Sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the week is a means to inspire the nation’s new doctors to embrace primary care, but also is an important way to […]

It is fall again. The wind is freshening and more from the north. There is a morning chill and the lazy days of summer are becoming shorter. It is time to find the sweater drawer. And, it is time to think about the return to Boca Grande.  Normally, the prospect of the return south would […]

In recognition of the annual health observance, International Clean Hands Week, the Boca Grande Health Clinic would like to talk about the importance of good hand hygiene. Sponsored by the Clean Hands Coalition, International Clean Hands Week is an annual opportunity to remind the world that “Clean hands prevent illness and save lives!”  Who should […]

This is a question we are hearing more often these days as COVID-19 continues to work its way around every corner. Although Florida’s numbers are down slightly, COVID-19 is still here.  Overall case numbers and percent positivity of new cases are down to a daily new case average, around 2,600 for the week ending September […]

Before coming back to the island this year, please get a flu shot. If you are working on the island, please get a flu shot. It does not matter where you get your flu shot, but making it a priority to get one matters a great deal.  Flu vaccines have been shown to reduce the […]

First, let’s start with a definition of a term we are all hearing thrown around a lot lately; herd immunity. Herd immunity is the resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficiently high proportion of individuals are immune to the disease, through recovering from the illness or […]

Hello Boca Grande Clinic Community, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and say hello!  I am Mark Driscoll, the new CEO of the Boca Grande Health Clinic. I have been with the Clinic now for almost two months and I look forward to meeting all of you over the coming year. It […]