Greensboro- Cone Health and its employees invested nearly $199 million in free care, classes, services and donations to the communities it serves in fiscal year 2012. Almost $185 million of that was patient care for which Cone Health did not receive compensation. “Governments everywhere are cutting payments to hospitals as a way of controlling healthcare costs. It is vital that policymakers and the public understand that hospitals provide millions of dollars to improve the health and well-being of the communities they serve,” says Cone Health Chief Executive Officer Tim Rice. “Continued cuts endanger those efforts and create unsustainable growth in uncompensated care.”
(Wentworth, NC) – A total of 696 dogs and cats were vaccinated at the Rockingham County Spring Rabies Vaccination Clinics held Saturday, May 4, 2013. This was a decrease of 14.4 percent compared to 2012, when 813 dogs and cats were vaccinated. While the Rockingham County Spring Vaccination Clinics show a decrease in numbers of [...]
OLD UNCLE ARTHUR (That Southern term for osteoarthritis) 5Th Edition Are you tired of the cooler and damp weather which seems to be lingering this year? Do your knees, shoulders, hips, wrists, elbows, or ankles ache, throb, or feel like a toothache? Do you find that applying pressure to these affected joints eases the [...]
GLUCOSAMINE: ARE YOUR JOINTS TRULY GETTING WHAT THEY NEED? 4TH Edition Glucosamine sulfate is a natural chemical found in the human body. It is used by the body to produce a variety of other chemicals that are involved in building tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and the thick fluid that surrounds joints. Researchers think that taking glucosamine [...]
You are an ideal candidate for this type of treatment if you have the following: • Neuropathy (nerve pain) in your arms and legs from diabetes, chemo, radiation • Undergone all forms of conservative radiculopathy treatment for neck related arm OR back related leg pain with short term or no relief • Have undergone surgeries [...]
• Neuropathic pain arises from primary lesions or dysfunction in the nervous system • Persistent irritation of the nervous system leads to abnormal processing of sensation that is felt in the nerves of the head, neck, back, arms, legs, etc. • Resulting pain is accompanied by neurologic symptoms and signs. It primarily involves sensation but we see muscle involvement [...]
(Eden, NC) – Morehead Memorial Hospitalhas entered into an agreement with Cone Health to provide and manage medical oncology services at the hospital’s Smith McMichael Cancer Center. The Smith McMichael Cancer Center will operate as usual under its current name, without any immediate changes in service or staffing. “Cone Health has provided medical oncologists to [...]
