May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems is continuing to improve access to mental health services through telehealth visits. Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness, but are unsure of resources that are available. In late 2021, Southwest […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems is hosting a blood drive with Marsh Regional Blood Center on Monday, March 21, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The blood mobile will be set up in the parking lot of Saltville Community Health Center at 308 West Main Street, Saltville, VA 24370. […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) will be promoting National Nutrition Month during March to encourage patients to make informed food choices and develop sound eating and physical activity habits. National Nutrition Month was initiated in 1973 as National Nutrition Week, and it became a month-long observance in 1980 in […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems will celebrate Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month throughout March to bring support and awareness to colorectal cancer. Medical Director Kristin Bresowar, MD, says, “Our main priority for this month is bringing awareness to colorectal cancer, and hopefully increasing the screening rates in southwest Virginia in the […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) has expanded its New Day Recovery program to Tazewell, Va., providing Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) to citizens of Tazewell and surrounding counties. The new location, New Day Recovery Tazewell, was established in collaboration with Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital (CTCH) and will be housed […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) welcomes Tazewell native, Tara Etter, DO, to Tazewell Community Health Center to serve as the Pediatrician. Dr. Etter comes to SVCHS with a vast background of experiences to share with her patients. She attended undergraduate at Virginia Tech and medical school at VCOM in […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) is encouraging everyone to get their flu vaccination this year to protect against this virus and help prevent the spread of the seasonal flu to others. This week, December 5-11, 2021, is National Influenza Vaccination Week. This year, during the current COVID-19 pandemic, flu […]
Meadowview Community Health Center (MCHC) collected non-perishable food items before the Thanksgiving holiday that was donated to Faith in Action in Abingdon, Va. Darian Keesee, who recently took the Outreach & Enrollment position at MCHC, said, “After taking the O&E position at Meadowview, I plan to take advantage of the […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems is improving patient conversations for a better healthcare experience through the rolling out of the Well Health Inc. WELL is the last mile patient communication platform for healthcare and enables convenient, bidirectional conversations between providers and patients across multiple channels — including texting, email, telephone, […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems’ (SVCHS) mental health and substance abuse therapists are now using telehealth technology to help people access counseling services. In a community of limited access to health services, technology can be an amazing thing. In Southwest Virginia, transportation and medical symptoms themselves can keep people away […]
