Happenings

The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers has presented Senate President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth/Upper Cape) with this year’s Chairman’s Award.

The Senate President, a member of the Advisory Board and regular contributor to To Your Good Health, a Health Care Newsletter, was recognized for her role as part of the original team that negotiated the final health care reform bill and later authored the 2008 legislation that focused on increasing primary care access and controlling skyrocketing health insurance costs.

The Sandwich Health Association, Inc. is donating $30,000 to help Cape Cod Healthcare bolster primary care service in its community. The money will be used to recruit a Nurse Practitioner to join the Medical Affiliates of Cape Cod practice in Sandwich. MACC represents CCHC’s employed physician groups’ subsidiary.

Cape Medical Supply announces it has added four new full-time employees to increase the staff at its outlets in Hyannis, Sandwich and Falmouth. The new staffers are Jill Broughton, Wayne Mendonca, Cynthia Payne and Daniel White.

Two area business this winter completed successful fundraisers to support children’s Cove, the Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center. Agway of Sandwich raised $2,000 and Coastal Equipment Rentals of Marstons Mills raised $1,000 from sales promotions.

Mary Jo Seguin, a Wound, Ostomy, Continence Registered Nurse with 24 years experience in Boston and on the Cape, has been added to the staff of Bayada Nurses, a home health care company with offices in Hyannis and Falmouth.

RHCI Senior Audiologist Sandra Stumpf Reams, AuD, has completed the program at A.T. Still University to earn a Doctorate of Audiology degree. Dr. Reams has been with RHCI for 13 years and coordinates the audiology program for both adults and children. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 508-833-4141.