community health
Barton Health's Chief Nursing Officer asks for community support to help pass AB900 on Tuesday
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 11:48am
Dear Community Members,
In recent months, Barton Memorial Hospital’s Skilled Nursing Facility has been challenged with keeping patients, staff and the facility in its entirety, safe from the effects of the California senate bill, AB97.
If passed, this bill would create devastating cuts to reimbursement for Medi-Cal services provided by distinct part skilled nursing facilities (DP/SNFs) throughout the state, including South Lake Tahoe’s only long- term-care-facility located at Barton Memorial.
United Way partners with grants to help Lake Tahoe area agencies
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 10:59am
Several Lake Tahoe area nonprofit organizations and agencies will receive financial aid this year through partnerships announced Monday by the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra.
The partnerships are aimed to address issues identified in each of the Lake Tahoe area communities, said Karen Barsell, CEO and president of United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra.
Local health assessment finds health gaps
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/01/2013 - 6:00amAnalysis of the Community Health Needs Assessment indicated that substance abuse, limited health care access and mental health are the top three medical issues in the South Shore, according to a pr...
Local health assessment finds health gaps
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/01/2013 - 6:00amAnalysis of the Community Health Needs Assessment indicated that substance abuse, limited health care access and mental health are the top three medical issues in the South Shore, according to a pr...
Honoring Barton Memorial Hospital’s Auxiliary
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 04/29/2012 - 4:26pmIn recognition of National Volunteer Month in April, Barton Health would like to take a moment to honor some frequently unsung heroes in the South Lake Tahoe community: The dedicated volunteers who make up the Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Barton Memorial Hospital adds robot 'DaVinci' to its surgical team
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 1:45am
Have you ever met a surgeon with three arms? Well, Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe has just acquired one. The daVinci surgical robot has found a home at the hospital.
South Lake Tahoe to undergo a ‘complete physical’
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 8:09amBarton Health and other community organizations and businesses have joined forces to give South Lake Tahoe and its surrounding areas a “complete physical.”
According to Monica Sciuto, Community Health Needs Assessment Lead Coordinator and Director of Public Relations at Barton Health, “For years, healthcare has been focused on treating individuals. If we are going to create a healthcare system that is right for our area, we need to broaden that focus to the entire community. This project will help us accomplish that.”
Proactively Pursuing the Health of Our Community in 2012
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 7:10pm
The New Year has always been the perfect time to reflect and look ahead with a fresh perspective. As the primary wellness provider for the South Lake Tahoe area, I would like to address questions you may have about the future of healthcare and what Barton Health has planned for 2012 and beyond.
3 docs blaze community health care trail in S. Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 5:30amIn 1989, they were the doctors who made up Tahoe Family Physicians. That year they opened what was called the El Dorado Community Clinic. For six years ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../3-docs-blaze-commun...
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