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Reaching a milestone is cause for celebration
Bill Selvidge wanted to work in a rural area after completing his medical education, so he was glad to accept a position as a family doctor at the Prospect Hill Community Health Center. But when he began work on Sept. 11, 1989, he didn’t expect to stay for more than a couple of years.
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Take advantage of opportunities others envy
Democracy arguably has been our most important – and most ironic – export. Since World War II, Americans have shed blood, sweat and tears fighting for liberty and freedom for people in other countries. But so many of us take for granted our most important right in a democracy – the right to vote.
Her passions keep her going
On a recent sunny day, Carol Klein took a break from treating patients at the Carrboro Community Health Center and went outside and sat at a picnic table. She was going from one thing she loves, serving as a family physician, to another, being outdoors.
A Trailer, Electricity and a Nurse Practitioner Might be the Future of Primary Care in Rural Areas
Tucked away on a corner of school property, signs point the way to the Sylvan Community Health Center. The center has two exam rooms, a children’s play area and a lab. Before Sylvan Community Health Center opened up, there were no health care services in Snow Camp.
Yes we have, yes we will
50 year anniversary coming up: It’s necessary to keep your shoulder to the wheel but sometimes you have to step back and see how far you’ve gone and what you have accomplished. Next year will be one of those times.
Walk, roll or stroll, SeniorCare participants help local charities
It’s early afternoon at the Piedmont Health SeniorCare facility in Burlington and program participants have just finished lunch. Most are sitting in the main gathering area, chatting. Then the music starts.
Activities for National Health Center Week – August 10-16, 2014
Neighbors will find out more about Piedmont Health SeniorCare (PACE) program and Moncure and Siler City Community Health Centers. Tours of the PACE program will be provided. Light refreshments available
Prospect Hill Residency Program grows in numbers and reputation
More physicians will soon be working with Piedmont Health patients while completing the residency program at the Prospect Hill Community Health Center.
The Teaching Health Center Family Medicine Residency Track at Piedmont Health’s Prospect Hill Community Health Center officially started in
Packaging is important for drugs too
As any good marketing person will tell you, packaging is important – and not just for cereal or soup; packaging also is important for medication. Just ask Piedmont Health pharmacy patients.
Piedmont’s pharmacies supply medications, for patients who want it, in bubble packs or trays. Pharmacists fill the packs or
Teamwork is key to new Piedmont Health initiative
If teamwork can win basketball games, why can’t it provide better health care? That’s the basic philosophy of a new approach at the Moncure Community Health Center known as “team-based care.”
Prospect Hill has annual back to school event
Reggie Nelums goes by the biker name of Wolf when he’s roaring around town on his Yamaha Venture. But he seemed more like a gentle lamb on Friday, July 25, when he pulled into the Prospect Hill Community Health Center to take part in the health center’s annual back-to-school event.
Not your typical pharmacy
The facilities operated by Piedmont Health are called community health centers, but you could call them pharmacies and you wouldn’t be wrong. All of Piedmont’s community health centers – with the exception of Sylvan, which serves a school-aged population – have pharmacies.
For woman and her twins, health center fills a variety of needs
Community health centers help people in a variety of different situations, in a variety of different ways. Carissa Sutton is a good illustration.
The 21-year-old Siler City resident has been a patient of the Siler City Community Health Center since last year. A certified nursing assistant, Sutton has health insurance and could get her medical care elsewhere, but she’s dedicated to the Siler City Community Health Center. Piedmont Health’s seven community health centers are committed to high-quality, affordable care, but that’s not the first thing Sutton mentions when asked what she likes about the health center.
PACE: A model for efficient use of tax dollars
As anyone who has been following the news knows, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has launched a full-scale effort to cut state government spending. The governor recently asked state agencies to cut costs on the final months of the budget year, saying he wanted to “keep a tight hand on the taxpayer’s purse,” according to reports in the Raleigh News & Observer.
Relax your way to lower blood pressure
The easiest way to lower blood pressure is by popping a pill. It takes just a few seconds and you are finished. But pills cost money and often have side effects. Fully relaxing your body and your mind for a few minutes a day could lower your systolic blood pressure (the top number of a blood pressure reading) by 10 points or more—at no cost, and with no side effects.
NC Health Center Leader Honored in Washington for Advocacy Work
Brian Toomey, Chief Executive Officer of Piedmont Health Services, Inc. (PHS) in Carrboro, NC, has been inducted into the Grassroots Hall of Fame for the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). Grassroots Hall of Fame members have made lasting contributions to insuring the creation, survival and strength of community health centers and the health center movement through their dedicated and tireless efforts over many years.
It’s National Nutrition Month And Registered Dietitian Day!
By now, everyone knows about the obesity epidemic that has super-sized our nation. We’re fat, confused, and misinformed — and often spend hours in the gym trying to shed the pounds packed on due to a sedentary lifestyle and a lack of healthy foods. We’ve made eating one of the lowest priorities of the day, and with so much information being pushed at us
Bonding & breastfeeding
Renea Floyd recently brought her 5-month-old son, Drew, to the Carrboro Community Health Center for a visit with Rosemary Byrnes. “Look at you,” Byrnes said, smiling at Drew. “I can’t believe how much he’s grown.”
Resolved: Arm Yourselves to be Empowered with Information
When you think about it, New Year’s resolutions are all about getting on track. A resolution to lose weight, for instance, is probably not the first such resolution; just the most recent. The New Year brings us the opportunity to focus on getting and staying healthy –...
New Insurance Coverage Gives Hope to New Enrollee
Linda Valines’ misfortunes started on Oct. 19, 2010. That’s the day the 52-year-old resident of Burlington, N.C., was in a car accident…
Piedmont Health Dental Care Program goes the extra mile to meet Patients Needs
Piedmont Health offers dental services at most of its community health centers, but they are not cookie-cutter operations. No two centers have the exact same staff configuration and hours of operation. Katrina Mattison-Chalwe, dental director for Piedmont Health,...
Piedmont Health helping to prepare the public for the Affordable Care Act
With Oct. 1 approaching, the date the public can begin enrolling for insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act, Piedmont Health is working hard to help the public understand the changes in the law.
Innovative health care program for seniors opens new facility
Piedmont Health SeniorCare, an innovative program for senior citizens that has won praise and growing popularity, will host a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on for its newest facility on Dec. 12, 2013.