A Message from your Camden Clark Medical Center to the People of our Community.  On Tuesday, August 7, we announced plans to eventually consolidate all of our hospital services on the Camden Clark Medical Center Memorial Campus over the next two to four years. There have been many reactions to this news, expressed as concerns and inquiries, but the important message is that this is a necessary step for the future of our community hospital. In 2011, we became one hospital, and sin...

While there isn’t really any solid empirical evidence to support it, there is a lot to be said  about the effect of “well being” on health and healing. Many patients do seem to respond better and heal more effectively when they are surrounded by the positive energy of home and family. And while having any type of major surgery or treatment can make even the most optimistic and positive of us to become depressed and anxious, it can be even more debilitating when unfamiliar places and f...

With President Obama signing the health care reform bill on March 23, it’s time to consider the ramifications of this historic $940 billion (over 10 years) legislation. Although it’s difficult to discuss many of the details of the massive document, there are some things we do know with regard to how it will affect us—both as health care consumers and health care professionals.  Some of the provisions of the bill will be immediate while others will not take effect until later…mostly in 2014. Effecti...