By Robert Randolph, MPH, RD
Over the past 15 months, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly changed our delivery of health care. As health systems and communities focused on managing the pandemic, people began to forgo their normal preventive care. Additionally, mental health concerns due to isolation and other social changes as a result of the pandemic became apparent. Addressing mental health issues is a high priority for Barton Health and as it is frequently identified as an area of need in our Community Health Needs Assessment.
Depression screening is an important tool to bring awareness to this issue, and it is the first step in identifying a need so that patients can be connected to care. People are routinely screened for heart disease, diabetes, and cancers, as a way to detect serious illness early and start treatment as needed. Similarly, depression screenings are becoming a normal part of preventive care.
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Franciscan Health is gathering data for a 2022-2024 Community Health Needs Assessment for the communities it serves, including Jasper County and the surrounding areas.
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AUGUSTA A bill sponsored by Senator Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, authorizing a pilot project to provide nonmedical transportation services for people receiving certain services under MaineCare, was approved Thursday by the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee.
An amended version of LD 17, “Resolve, To Provide Rural Nonmedical Transportation Services to the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities Receiving Home and Community Benefits under the MaineCare Program,” received a unanimous, bipartisan vote of support from the committee present, with three members absent.
“I’m very happy that the committee saw the value in this legislation,” said Sen. Maxmin. “A lack of transportation affects so many of our neighbors, especially in rural parts of the state. Isolation adversely affects our social, mental, emotional and physical health. We all benefit when our older neighbors, or our neighbors with disabilities, can participate in our communities. This pilot project