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Nowhere to Turn When the Mentally Ill Refuse Treatment

WEBIt refers to a lack of insight that makes people resist treatment — and which, in turn, can lead to devastating consequences including “homelessness, jail, suicide, …

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Outer Cape Lives in Health-Care Limbo

WEBOlder primary-care doctors are retiring in droves, particularly on the Cape, where, Nadle said, doctors are turning all their patients over to OCHS. When …

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Walk-In Vaccine Clinics Now Available

WEBVaccines are getting easier to find on the Outer Cape. (Photo Nancy Bloom) Both the Wellfleet and Provincetown clinics of Outer Cape Health Services are taking …

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State Funding Increases Access to Abortion Pills

WEBHYANNIS — A Hyannis clinic and its affiliates are the beneficiaries of a $700,000 state grant that will enable the organization to begin offering abortion pills by …

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Outer Cape Health to Have a Doctor as Its New CEO

WEBBy William von Herff Sep 20, 2023. WELLFLEET — Outer Cape Health Services announced on Aug. 26 that Dr. Damian Archer will replace Patricia Nadle as CEO on …

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OCHS Resumes Routine Appointments

WEBOCHS Resumes Routine Appointments. By Olivia Weeks Jul 23, 2020. PROVINCETOWN — Outer Cape Health Services, which operates urgent and primary …

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Seasonal Urgent Care Clinic Opens in Orleans

WEBBy K.C. Myers Jul 13, 2022. ORLEANS — Cape Cod Healthcare, the organization that owns both of Cape Cod’s hospitals and most of its medical offices, expanded its territory …

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Cape’s Only Abortion Care Clinic Prepares to Manage With One …

WEBHYANNIS — Six months ago, Health Imperatives became the only clinic on Cape Cod to offer medication abortion, ending the Cape’s 15-year period as an abortion …

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OCHS Proposes New Addiction Recovery Clinic in Wellfleet

WEBThe building at 2700 Route 6 currently houses the OCHS Pharmacy and Duck Creek Animal Clinic, both of which will remain. The new clinic would go into a …

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Home Care Shortage Is ‘a Never-Ending Crisis’

WEBThere are 380 people on the waiting list for home care from Elder Services of Cape Cod, the state-designated area agency on aging. “It kills me,” Elder Services …

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Doctor Sues Cape Cod Hospital

WEBBARNSTABLE — A prominent cardiologist says he was fired by Cape Cod Hospital after reporting his concerns about poorly done heart surgeries and cost-saving …

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Hyannis Clinic Offers Medication Abortion, Ending Cape-Wide …

WEBHYANNIS — Since 2008, it has been impossible to get an abortion on Cape Cod. But as of last week, just over a year after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, …

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Dr. Jorgensen Is Gone From OCHS

WEBBy Sam Pollak Nov 15, 2023. PROVINCETOWN — Dr. Andrew Jorgensen was removed from his job as chief medical officer of Outer Cape Health Services (OCHS) last month …

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Need for Rooms at Cape Cod Hospital Exceeds Capacity

WEBThe Cape Cod Times reported last Friday that Cape Cod hospital had admitted 20 patients more than the 259 beds prescribed by its license, placing these …

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For the Young, Gender-Affirming Care Is Scarce on Cape Cod

WEBOuter Cape Health Services (OCHS) offers hormone therapy to adults only, according to Andrew Jorgensen, a doctor who specializes in pediatrics and internal …

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A SOAP Program Designed to Keep Patients Clean

WEBBy K.C. Myers Jul 14, 2021. PROVINCETOWN — Outer Cape Health Services has begun offering a form of intensive outpatient treatment to help people with addiction disorders. …

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Lower Cape Ambulance Will Dissolve at End of Summer

WEBPROVINCETOWN — Lower Cape Ambulance Association (LCAA) Chief Operating Officer Steven Roderick announced this week that the nonprofit service will …

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Cape Cod Hospital Suspends Cardiologist’s Privileges

WEBBy Sophie Mann-Shafir Dec 28, 2022. HYANNIS — Cardiologist Richard Zelman, who says he was fired by Cape Cod Hospital after he wrote a letter expressing concerns about …

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Forum Presents Honest Talk About Youth Suicide

WEBBy K.C. Myers Mar 23, 2022. TRURO — A forum on youth suicide at the community center on March 16 attracted more than 50 people, many of whom talked about a broken …

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