Cómo Está, Honduras?

Cape CARES has been sending teams of volunteers to three different sites in the mountains of Honduras where the people have little access to health care for 14 years. Volunteers include dentists, physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, dental hygienists, optometrists, chiropractors, pharmacists, translators and support personnel. A Cape CARES team visits here each November, February, and May.
Dr. Herbert (Hub) Mathewson of Barnstable has a listen and Jennifer Smith, EMT , of Eastham, poses with one of her patients during recent visits to bring medical care to rural Hondurans by the Cape CARES organization. (click here for full story.)

CURTAIN UP ON ACT III
‘Stat’ Describes Style Of New CCHC Chief

(In hospital and emergency room  parlance, “stat” means “right now!” and that’s how one-time ER doc Dr. Richard F. Salluzzo is approaching his new position as head of Cape Cod Healthcare. Taking advantage of what one hospital insider described as a “three-month honeymoon period,” in his first days Dr. Salluzzo took what looms as the start of recruiting members of his own management team from Tennessee by installing Michael Lauf as Chief Operating Officer (replacing Margy Hanson, who recently resigned); acted to improve physician relations by bringing doctors into the decision-making loop; scheduled a major strategic planning retreat for September; and announced plans for major staff reductions.)
By Larry Fox

If the evolution of Cape Cod Healthcare was a play, last month’s debut of new leading man Dr. Richard F. Salluzzo as President/CEO could be said to signify “curtain up” on Act III of a 12-year narrative.
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AWARENESS GROWS ON THE CAPE
Diabetes Found To Be Latest Complication Stemming From Obstructive Sleep Apnea

By Gary Sheehan
For some time now, those of us in the Durable Medical Equipment business on Cape Cod have noticed an increased interest in the problems of patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) along with greater community awareness of co-morbidity problems arising from this condition.
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Elsewhere in this edition

TYGH Panel Raps Glut Of TV Drug Advertising

Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod Adopts Easier Access, Service Upgrade

Teens To Octogenarians VolunteerTo Cheer Beacon Hospice Clients

RHCI Establishes New Center To Improve Functioning Of Patients With Parkinson’s

Barnstable County Hospital Site Is Resurrected As Cape’s Only Affordable Senior Living Facility