MedStar Sessions Will Address Aphasia
Since June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital will offer two sessions to help educate people about the communication disorder, which is estimated to affect approximately 2 million Americans. The sessions will be held June 27 and 29.
Meeting’s Focus Transportation for Health Care
The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership, supported by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, is planning a Healthcare Transportation Stakeholder meeting for June 27, 2017. The meeting is being held in place of the regularly scheduled meeting of the Access to Care Action Team meeting that was canceled earlier in June.
HEAL to Host Complete Streets Session
MedStar St. Mary’s supports the HEAL Action Team which is inviting the community to bring their lunches for a learning session on Complete Streets. The brown-bag session will be held from 12:30 to 2:30 pm Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at Health Connections at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown.
Hospital Foundation Awards Scholarships
The St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital presented 10 students with scholarships totaling $180,000.
Access to Care Team Meeting Canceled
The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Access to Care Action Team meeting for June 13, 2017, at the hospital in Leonardtown has been canceled.
MedStar to Celebrate Cancer Survivors
MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown will hold a community picnic in conjunction with National Cancer Survivors Day beginning at 1 pm Sunday, June 4, 2017, on the hospital’s front lawn.
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.
Vendor Fair Planned June 2 at Hospital
The MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary and Special Activities Committee will host a fundraiser Vendor Fair featuring independent sales representatives from 10 am to 6 pm Friday, June 2, 2017. A rain date of June 9 has been set.
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.
