September 9, 2019 – Kendall Regional Medical Center collected 7.5 pounds of opioid medications during its “Crush the Crisis” opioid take back day on September 7 to help combat the nation’s opioid crisis. Community members participated in the event by dropping off unused and expired prescription medications.
September 11, 2019 - Lee Health’s newest service line, Lee Physician Group Urology, will begin seeing patients today across four locations in Lee County. LPG Urology was formed following Lee Health’s acquisition of Southwest Florida Urology Associates, which has been practicing in the community for over 30 years.
September 10, 2019 - Michelle Happer has joined Lee Health as its newest system director of diversity. In this role, she will oversee and lead Lee Health’s diversity, patient care civil rights and language services. Happer has more than ten years of health care, education and community relations experience in diverse settings.
September 9, 2019 – The latest in a series of videos by VITAS® Healthcare, the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care, chronicles the advances in hospice technology—from handwritten intake forms detailing patient information to today’s use of virtual/augmented reality therapy for patients—and shows the many ways the company has innovated care at the patient bedside over the last four decades.
September 10 , 2019 - The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recognized the C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics with several Health Center Quality Improvement Fiscal Year 2019 Grant Awards, including a gold badge as a Health Center Quality Leader for ranking among the top 10% of health centers nationally for clinical quality.