Training Helps With Sensitivity to LGBTQIA Patients
On June 14, the St. Mary’s County Health Department, College of Southern Maryland, and the Behavioral Health Action Team, supported by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, will provide a free training on providing affirmative behavioral health care for people who identify as LGBTQIA.
Cardiac Rehab Gives Patients a Second Chance
Lew Armistead knows that when you find something that works, you stick with it. That’s why, when he needed cardiac rehab after a second heart surgery, he came back to Grace Anne Dorney Pulmonary & Cardiac Rehabilitation Center at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown.
Behavioral Health Action Team to Meet
The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Behavioral Health Action Team will meet 2 to 3:30 pm Friday, June 9, 2017, at the St. Mary’s County Health Department in Leonardtown. MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital supports the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership.
Tobacco-Free Action Team Meets May 16
MedStar St. Mary’s supports the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Tobacco-Free Living Action Team, which will meet at 10 am Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at the St. Mary’s County Health Department.
Behavioral Health Action Team to Meet
The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Behavioral Health Action Team will meet Friday, May 12, 2017, at the county health department in Leonardtown.
Input Sought on Commercial Project
The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership, which is supported by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, is part of an effort to create a commercial that will spread a message of fighting opioid addiction, and public input is being sought.
Healthy Eating Team Meeting Planned
The Healthy Eating and Active Living Action Team will meet 1 to 2 pm April 26, 2017, in Leonardtown.
BHAT to Plan Suicide Prevention Panel
Members of the Behavioral Health Action Team, supported by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, will meet April 25, 2017, from 11 am to noon at the Lexington Park Library to begin working on plans for an upcoming Suicide Prevention Panel event.
MedStar Opens Resident, Physician Housing Complex
When doctors are doing four-week clinical rotations, they work long hours and are often coming from far away and need a place to stay. MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown has opened a housing complex for these new residents and visiting physicians.
Access to Care Team Conducts Survey
The Access to Care Action Team is working with the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland to explore transportation solutions to increase access to health care locally.
