Tag: Boca Grande Health Clinic

The good things

November 27, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY LAUREN HANA, MD., BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC- It’s easy to be consumed in all the negativity we see in the news every day as we approach a holiday and head into a new season of the global pandemic...

New COVID testing measures announced

November 20, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

STAFF REPORT- New information regarding the collection of Gasparilla Island COVID-19 data has been issued by the Boca Grande Health Clinic, and the Boca Grande 411 Island Community Coalition, to better...

Welcome kit aims to keep the island and its community safe and healthy

BY MARK DRISCOLL, BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC- You can feel a change in the air. The days start getting shorter. Temperatures become more moderate. Winter season is just around the corner. And with it...

Let’s make masks go viral

November 13, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Health & Wellness

BY LAUREN HANA MD, BGHC- If you’re like me, many of you may remember the shampoo commercial from the 1970s, in which one young girl (actually, Heather Locklear) told two friends how great her shampoo...

Boca Grande Health Clinic COVID-19 testing: An overview of available options

Over the past six to eight months, the Boca Grande Health Clinic and its physicians have worked hard to provide a care environment that laid the foundation for the safe return of winter residents and...

Back to Boca: Our guide to a safe and healthy island

BY MARK DRISCOLL, CEO, BGHC- Over the past few months, the Boca Grande Health Clinic and its physicians have worked hard to provide a care environment that lays the foundation for the safe return of...

A message from the Clinic: World Mental Health Day reminds us it’s OK to talk about how you’re feeling

SUBMITTED BY THE BGHC- Mental illness. It’s almost as common as the everyday cold. Yet it’s considered by many a taboo subject. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one in five U.S....

A message from the Clinic … Boca Grande Health Clinic celebrates Primary Care Week

SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – National Primary Care Week, observed October 5 to the 9, is an annual celebration of the contributions that primary care work makes toward the health...

‘Back to Boca’ webinar introduces speaker Laurie Jacobs in next segment

October 2, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – Join the Boca Grande Health Clinic as they welcome Laurie Jacobs, MD Chair, Department of Medicine Hackensack Meridian Health speak on the lingering health effects of COVID-19....

Infectious diseases expert offers solid advice: A synopsis of last week’s Grande Rounds segment

October 2, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY RAYMOND JAMES, D.O., BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – On September 23, Dr. Paul Auwaerter, MBA, MD, clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of...