Caring for Our Communities: What it Means to be a Rural Health Care Provider
By: Kent Hall, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Alice Hyde Medical Center and CVPH
Dragos Banu, MD, Practice Physician Leader, Alice Hyde Medical Center
Alison Guile, MD, Regional Physician Leader, UVMHN MG/Adirondacks
Living in rural America is special. In a country of 326 million people, we’ve achieved something amazing: preserving the ability to walk out your door and still feel a sense of adventure and pioneerism every day.
That’s part of what brings people to areas like Frankl [...]
By: Matt Miller, Lead Clinical Dietitian
Each year many of us make resolutions to change our lifestyle, including; eating healthier, exercising more and achieving a healthier body weight. However, many resolutions fall short as we lose steam along the way.
Now is the perfect time to Spring into action by developing a well-defined plan and setting achievable goals by using SMART objectives. SMART stands for:
• Specific. The more detailed and targeted your description, the better you [...]
It's fitting that National Donor Day is February 14, a day we already associate with love. On this day, we raise awareness about organ donation and celebrate the lives of organ and tissue donors. Most people will eventually be affected by donation in their lives. They will either know someone who needs, or has received a life saving transplant. Or, they will learn that someone they know was a donor.
What is the need for organ donation?
The need for organs is great and grows eve [...]
