Official Celebrate Shore Clinic Funding
SALISBURY — Senators Adelaide C. Eckardt and James N. Mathias, Jr. and Delegates Mary Beth Carozza, and Sheree Sample-Hughes joined Lower Shore Clinic and officials from Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) and the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission on May 25, to present a check award and announce a combined support of $197,233 to Lower Shore Clinic.
State and local dignitaries, representatives of the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission and members of Maryland’s Eastern Shore Delegation joined representatives of Salisbury’s Lower Shore Clinic and Peninsula Regional Medical Center in accepting a $197,233 award in support of the new CareWrap initiative. Submitted Photos
The “public-private” partnership grant will enable Lower Shore Clinic to support a CareWrap Team designed to enroll individuals with chronic health needs, who are frequently admitted or treated in the emergency department at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, into longitudinal support, including primary care, services in the community.
Lower Shore Clinic (LSC) and Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) announced in March of this year that they would be collaborating on LSC’s ‘CareWrap’ initiative, which was awarded a two year grant from the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (CHRC). The $197,233 award will be put to use establishing an outreach team of health professionals, called CareWrap, whose goal will be to enhance access to community based primary and mental health care by targeting people at risk of thirty day re-admission. Thirty day re-admission refers to a patient returning to the hospital within thirty days of discharge, which is an expensive and undesirable outcome for both patient and hospital.
“The Community Health Resources Commission congratulates the Lower Shore Clinic for developing this important program that will provide access to integrated behavioral health and primary care services in the community,” said Mark Luckner, executive director, CHRC. “The CareWrap program is a great example of a public investment driving innovation in the community and leveraging significant private resources.”
Since its inception in 2005, the CHRC has awarded 169 grants totaling $55.8 million, supporting programs in every jurisdiction in the state. These programs have collectively served more than 260,000 Marylanders. The initial public funding provided by the CHRC has enabled its grantees to leverage $18.8 million in additional federal and private/local resources.
“We are grateful to receive this grant from the Commission,” said Richard Bearman, Lower Shore Clinic Director. “This grant will enable LSC to expand our client pool and enhance our partnership with PRMC.”
This is the second grant that LSC has received from the CHRC, which initially helped add primary care to LSC’s mental health practice, enabling the Clinic to achieve a 48.5% reduction in visits to the emergency department for non-urgent care and a 90% preventive care compliance rate for patients with chronic conditions. CareWrap is modeled after a four year CHRC-supported pilot project pioneered by Family Services, Inc. (FSI). FSI’s stunning results: of 529 patients deemed to be at high risk for re-admission within thirty days, 444, or over 80% did not re-admit.
“CareWrap is another of those absolutely essential pieces to the population health puzzle that we don’t have to invent or reinvent. It’s a proven approach to care that lets us touch some of our most at-risk patients, through one-on-one, face-to-face education and instruction,” said Karen Poisker, PRMC’s Vice President of Population Health. “We know that if we ingrain those good habits associated with properly managing chronic conditions, we can keep people healthier and, as an added benefit, out of our emergency department or hospital.”
Starbucks Comes To OC
OCEAN CITY — Harrison Group Resort Hotels & Restaurants has announced the opening of Ocean City’s first full-service Starbucks, conveniently located at 1610 Baltimore Avenue, directly next door to the Quality Inn Boardwalk and Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, both Harrison Group properties as well.
The Starbucks story began in 1971. Back then Starbucks was a roaster and retailer of whole bean and ground coffee, tea and spices with a single store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Today, Starbucks is privileged to connect with millions of customers every day with exceptional products and more than 23,000 retail stores in 71 countries. Starbucks is named after the first mate in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Starbucks logo is also inspired by the sea — featuring a twin-tailed siren from Greek mythology.
Starbucks offers a wide range of exceptional products to customers, including premium, fresh-brewed coffee, hot and iced espresso beverages, Frappuccino® coffee and noncoffee blended beverages, Starbucks Refreshers® beverages, smoothies and teas, baked pastries, sandwiches, salads, bistro boxes, salad and grain bowls, oatmeal, yogurt parfaits and fruit cups.
Certification Earned
BERLIN – Karan Bealla, Pharm D, completed a certification in patient-centered diabetes care through the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).
Bealla joined Atlantic General Hospital in 2014 as an inpatient staff pharmacist before becoming a pharmacist at AGHRx RediScripts, the outpatient pharmacy at Atlantic General Hospital, in September 2014. She is a graduate of Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where she received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree, and she has 10 years of experience in the retail pharmacy industry.
In 2015, Bealla began helping Atlantic General’s Diabetes Outpatient Education Program by teaching the medication education component to program participants. She recently received APhA’s Certificate in Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care. The certificate program equips pharmacists with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to provide effective, evidence-based diabetes care.
Diabetes services provided at AGH Rx RediScripts Pharmacy include specialized medication reviews, prescription reminders, and ongoing consultation and support. For more information on this or other services provided by AGHRx RediScripts, please visit www.atlanticgeneral.org/RediScripts or call 410-641-9240.
Conference Attended
OCEAN CITY — Igor Conev, vice-president of Mann Properties Inc. of Ocean City, recently attended the Community Association Institute (CAI) National Conference in Orlando, Fla. The conference is an annual educational and networking event.
Igor Conev
Participants reviewed and discussed industry tools and services in such areas as risk management and crisis; financial, tax and law compliance; insurance and legal challenges; cyber security, and real-time solutions for condominium and HOA.
Conev stated that he believes professional development is the single most important investment for any company. His theory is that even the most successful companies in the world must constantly endeavor to improve themselves. This is based on the idea that someone is always trying to be the best. As such, complacency is a guaranteed sentence of failure.
“The only way to ensure failure is to do nothing,” Conev said. “I have always been motivated to try anything and everything I can to get ahead. My management team and I are applying this idea to the company. We want to make sure our branding specialists are always working on new skills so that we can constantly improve the services we provide.”
Community Wins Awards
SELBYVILLE — Bayside, the latest Carl M. Freeman community, was awarded six Regal Awards by the Home Builders Association of Delaware, a member of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), on May 20 at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art in Wilmington, Del.
The family beach and golf community won the prestigious Regal awards for The Best Print Ad, The Best Billboard, The Best Use of Technology, The Best Electronic Promotional Piece, The Best Image Campaign and the Best Overall Marketing for 2015.
“We are thrilled to win six Regal awards from The Home Builders Association in reference to our marketing effort for Bayside,” said Michelle D. Freeman, President and CEO of Carl M. Freeman Companies. “Amongst heavy competition, these awards validate the hard work, creativity and dedication our team provides every day to make Bayside a top-notch community.”
Ideally situated in Fenwick Island, just four miles from the beach, Bayside comprises nearly 1,000 acres overlooking the Assawoman Bay and features an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course.
Developer Announces Fenwick Medical Complex
FENWICK ISLAND — Capital & Guarantee, Investment Banker and Developer with offices in Wilmington, Del., announced that construction and leasing will soon begin on the Fenwick Medical Complex, a six-building facility offering a total of 120,000 square feet of space, ample parking and a heliport.
Physicians in all specialties are invited to consider this exceptional opportunity to open, expand or relocate their medical practices. Physicians will be able to have their facilities built-to-suit regarding size and floor plan; each suite will be designed and built to suit the exact needs of the specialty to be practiced. Each specialty practice will have an exclusive position, with no competitive practice in the complex. Physicians will also have admitting and practice privileges at an excellent regional hospital 12 miles from the complex.
The anchor will be a full-service Emergency Medical Center with offices including Cardiovascular, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Hand Surgery and Care, Internal Medicine, Neurology, OBGYN, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Podiatry, Psychology, Pulmonary, Spinal Care and Surgery, Vein Care and others. Hospital affiliates and physicians considering this unusual opportunity are urged to act promptly, since only one practice in each specialty will be accommodated.
Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island and Sussex County, Del. represent an exceptional patient base, according to the developer. In addition to seasonal visitors, the area demographics show steady growth with over 200,000 year-round residents plus stability in the Sussex County area, with attractive income levels and a high percentage of home ownership.