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]
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- 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
Maryland needs another 30,000 behavioral health workers to meet growing demand
Maryland needs to increase the number of behavior health care workers by about 50% to meet current demands, a “significant problem” that only gets ... [Continue Story]
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