Articles About healthcare

• Abortion Rights | Locals decry leaked SCOTUS draft

  By Jessica ThomasMay 18, 2022

  

  About 30 people gathered at the corner of Limestone Street and Xenia Avenue on Saturday, May 7; the reason — abortion rights.

• Ohio hospitals prepare for surge

  By Audrey HackettApril 2, 2020

  

  Hospitals have been working for months to prepare for the spread of COVID-19 to Ohio, but efforts have intensified over the past couple of weeks.

• Free clinic fills care gaps

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 23, 2020

  

  Held Tuesday evenings from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Central Chapel AME Church, the local clinic has been operating for a year.

• New family doctor joins practice

  By Guest ContributorOctober 4, 2018

  

  In the effort to serve more patients from in and around the village, a local medical office has added a new doctor.

• Local psychologist joins west, east in healing

  By Megan BachmanJune 20, 2013

  Few conventional medicine providers give much credence to traditional medicine, whose practitioners don’t often seek mainstream credentials. Dr. Rose Mary Shaw bridges both worlds.

• Film ‘Escape Fire’ seeks healthcare transformation

  By Matt MindeFebruary 28, 2013

  

  The American health care system is so broken that fixing it requires a major conceptual transformation.

• Villagers Agna, Reynolds honored

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 22, 2011

  

  When villagers Mary Agna and Macy Reynolds are inducted next week into the Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame, they will be among 23 other local women to receive the honor.

• AUM leads health advocacy

  By Megan BachmanAugust 25, 2011

  Already a pioneer in its training of advocates who help guide patients and families through the healthcare system, Antioch University Midwest’s Healthcare Consumer Advocacy Certificate Program is now looking to spur new collaborations among healthcare providers in the Miami Valley.

• AUM to train caregivers

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 25, 2010

  A patient in the American health care system has many needs, only some of which can be met by a doctor. In fact, before even seeing a physician, some patients must make a dozen decisions regarding health care options, providers and facilities, insurance, transportation and home front support…

• Mad as hell over health care

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 1, 2009

  Last Wednesday afternoon at the Emporium, a crowd of about 50 villagers stood up and yelled on cue, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take it anymore!” Then they raised their right hands and took an oath to support a single payer health insurance system.

  “On my honor as a health care advocate,” they began in unison, “I will do everything I can to help us develop a system of payment that redirects all current health care monies, both public and private, into a single public fund that covers everyone.”