Choptank Health announces new medical provider in Denton
Choptank Community Health System’s Denton Health Center recently welcomed family practice provider Annalyse Ferguson, CRNP to the medical practice.
Choptank Health partners with Kent County Public Library to expand access to behavioral health
Choptank Community Health is expanding access to healthcare for behavioral health patients in Kent County through a new partnership with the Kent County Public Library (KCPL) and its Chestertown and North County branches to provide safe spaces and the use of iPads for telehealth appointments.
Choptank Health marks 25 years of school-based health during National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month
Choptank Community Health System is celebrating 25 years of providing school-based health services to Mid-Shore students. The milestone is being recognized in February as part of the National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month.
Choptank Health is celebrating its successes and raising awareness about how school-based health centers improve access to healthcare services for children and adolescents and how they make a difference in their lives today and in the future.
Choptank Health announces new medical provider in Rock Hall
Choptank Community Health System recently welcomed provider Annie Coyer, PA at its Community Health Center at Rock Hall Elementary School. Coyer also sees Choptank Health medical patients at the Chestertown Health Center.
Coyer, who has been a provider with Choptank Health since October 2021, is now seeing Choptank Health medical patients of all ages and students enrolled in School-Based Health on Mondays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Choptank Health’s Community Health Center at Rock Hall Elementary.
Ask a Choptank Health Provider: Avoiding Winter Illnesses for Children
In this edition of Ask a Provider, we talk with Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Dr. Lauren L. Walker, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, and discuss what parents can do to avoid illness for their child and children, especially over the winter months.
Choptank Health welcomes new Talbot County School-Based healthcare providers
Choptank Community Health System recently welcomed Family Nurse Practitioners Kristen Farrell, DNP, Natalie Lewis, CRNP, and Registered Dietician Jennifer Runz, MBA, RD, LDN to its Talbot County School-Based Health Center team.
Farrell is providing healthcare to students at Easton Elementary School, Lewis is providing healthcare at Easton Middle School and White Marsh Elementary School, and Runz is providing dietician services to all Talbot County Public School students enrolled in School-Based Health.
Staying Well Over the Holidays with Choptank Health
Choptank Health wishes you and your family a safe and healthy holiday season and new year. To help keep you and your family as healthy as you can be, our Choptank Health providers are sharing these tips for staying well over the holidays:
Choptank Health announces new medical provider in Cambridge
Choptank Community Health System’s Fassett Magee Medical and Cambridge Dental Center recently welcomed Physician Assistant McKayla Kelly, PA to the medical practice.
Kelly specializes in the comprehensive assessment and treatment of pediatric and adult patients working in local, rural communities.
Kelly received her Master of Health Science in the Physician Assistant Program from the University of Maryland Baltimore—graduating at the top of her class—and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, specializing in Neurobiology and Physiology, from the University of Maryland College Park.
Ask a Choptank Health Provider: Fall Vaccines
Cold and flu season is here, and that means that other respiratory infections like COVID-19 and RSV are also on the rise.
In this episode of Ask a Provider, Avalon Foundation host Jess Bellis interviews Choptank Health Sr. Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer Megan Wojtko, DNP, MBA, FNP-BC. They discuss the latest rise in cases of COVID-19, who's more at risk, what's different about the latest variants, the cost and types of vaccines now available, and how you can find one near you.
Choptank Community Health System is encouraging people to protect themselves from the latest variants of COVID-19 by receiving the updated COVID-19 vaccine now available for adults and children six months of age and older.
Choptank Health Expands Behavioral Health Services in Schools
Choptank Community Health System is expanding its school-based services in Caroline and Talbot County Public Schools with the addition of three new behavioral health providers.
Behavioral Health Therapists Maura Cavalieri, LGPC, and Fiona Kay, LCSW-C have joined Choptank Health’s Talbot County Public School School-Based Health Center team, and Behavioral Health Therapist Reina Ronquillo, LMSW joins behavioral health provider Lindsay Newcomb, LCSW-C in serving the students at Caroline County Public Schools.