New Hospital Doesn’t Mean More Expense to SVH Patients
Many of our patients have been asking: Will the cost of medical services increase because of St. Vincent Health’s new hospital building? The short answer? No. ...
Primary Care: Why it’s Primary
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Primary care focuses on big-picture, interrelated components of physical, mental and social health and wellbeing. At St. Vincent Medical Clinic, it involves healthy lifestyle promotion, disease prevention education and medical treatment for patients of all ages. These services are delivered by two highly experienced nurse practitioners. In February 2021, St. Vincent Medical Clinic’s Joette Eyser, NP-C, will be joined by Rick Hammack, NP-C, with clinical hours and patient appointments offered six...
Instructions for COVID-19 patients
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At St. Vincent Health, we acknowledge that protocols around COVID-19 and preventing its spread are often complex. These instructions clarify a variety of situations, including instructions for people awaiting test results, how to manage a positive result, what to do in the event of a negative test (but are still symptomatic), and how to manage exposure to a positive case. In all cases, continued social distancing, facial coverings and assiduous hand washing...
What is Speech Therapy?
Communication is a critical skill, vital to learning, working, and other daily interactions. When health conditions impact communication, a person called a speech-language pathologist or speech therapist can help....
