The Future of Mid-Shore Health Depends on Public and Private Support by Ken Kozel
Across the nation, many rural communities like ours face a crisis with access to health care. As a result, residents unfairly experience poorer health outcomes and a higher prevalence of premature death from common diseases like heart disease, cancer, lung disease and stroke. Compounding this problem, rural hospitals are closing at an alarming rate. Almost a third—600—are in danger and more ... [Continue Story]
Health Highlights
Qlarant Foundation Profiles: Bay Hundred Community Volunteers
Editor Note: This is the first of three articles that focus on the recipients of the Qlarant Foundation grant awards over the last year. We ... [Continue Story]
- Pandemic Alert: Kent County COVID Numbers Now Considered “Substantial”
- Compass Adds New Hospice Wing to Honor Mildred Barnette and Keep Mission Going
- Choptank Health Comes to Kent County with Sara Rich
- Chestertown Welcomes Dramatic Hospital Upgrade
- A “Critical” New Title for Chestertown’s Hospital with Shore Health’s Ken Kozel
- Cohort Outbreak Reported on Campus; Students Affected Placed Under Mandatory Quarantine
- WC Students Returning Under Strict Guidelines
- Kent County Vaccine Roll-Out: A Chat with Health Officer Bill Webb
- Exit Interview: Patti Willis Looks Back at Healthcare’s Transition on the Mid-Shore
- Spy Profile: A Chat with Kent Center’s Wesley Campbell
Health Notes
The blame game–not a recommended policy strategy by Maria Grant
In today’s complex world, assigning blame before the facts are in can result in dangerously inaccurate conclusions. Many accidents that occur have ... [Continue Story]
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