March 12, 2020 Dear Community Members, I am writing to share some important information about the COVID-19, which is also known as a coronavirus. To date, there have been more than 125,000 confirmed case worldwide, including 987 here in the United States with 38 confirmed deaths, as of March 11, […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems’ is beginning a Dietitian-Approved Recipe of the Month beginning this month with Glazed Pork Tenderloin Medallions. If you have any medical nutrition therapy needs, please ask your provider for a Nutrition Referral to the SVCHS Registered Dietitian, Caitlin Davis.
New Day Recovery Bristol has been added to our services at Southwest Virginia Community Health Center’s (SVCHS) Twin City Medical Center. New Day Recovery (NDR) is a program of SVCHS that began operations in 2016 in an effort to provide substance use disorder treatment in a primary care office based […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS)’s Tazewell Community Health’s new, state-of-the art, $3.2 million facility just celebrated its one year anniversary of opening. SVCHS officially opened the new facility on Thursday, October 25, 2018 and began seeing patients on November 5, 2018. Ground was broken on the facility a little […]
We’ve all heard that the turkey you eat on Thanksgiving Day is what makes you sleepy after the big meal because it contains the amino acid Tryptophan. Tryptophan is found in turkey and it can eventually convert to serotonin (a sleep hormone), but it does not act alone. It is […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) held multiple donation drives at each site during the month of October in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Each site, Meadowview Health Clinic, Saltville Medical Center, T.K. McKee, Tazewell Community Health Center, and Twin City Medical Center, held a scarf and hat drive, […]
The 5th annual Festival de la Primavera served 81 patients during the event on Sunday, April 14, 2019. The event helped patients get access to free medical and dental services. It was hosted by Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems in partnership with Emory & Henry College’s Appalachian Center for Civic […]
April is Oral Health Month and Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems is encouraging all patients to get on board. Southwest Virginia Community Health System offers dental services in two locations in Southwest Virginia: Saltville Regional Dental Center in Saltville, Va. and Tazewell Community Health Center in Tazewell, Va. […]
The Festival de la Primavera has been set for Sunday, April 14 beginning at 2 p.m. at Meadowview Health Clinic and lasting until 6 p.m. This annual festival is hosted by Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems in partnership with Emory & Henry College’s Appalachian Center for Civic Life and is […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) welcomes Alyssa Stout, DSS to Tazewell Community Health Center in Tazewell, Va. to serve as the Dentist. Dr. Stout comes to SVCHS with a vast background of experiences to share with her patients. She attended college at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry […]
