Immunization, or vaccination, helps prevent dangerous and sometimes deadly diseases. Immunization isn’t just for kids — to stay protected against serious illnesses like the flu, measles, and pneumonia, adults need to get vaccinated too. National Immun...
July is UV Safety Awareness Month and our skin is the most UV-affected area on our body. While our skin spends every day protecting us against heat, dehydration, sunlight, injury and infection, some of us don’t consider protecting our skin to be of impo...
Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing who lived in the 19th century, proclaimed: “Variety of form and brilliancy of color in the object presented to patients are an actual means of recovery.” Today, many experts agree that patients who h...
myHealth is Decatur County Memorial Hospital and its affiliated medical practices’ patient portal. The patient portal is a secure online web product that gives you 24-hour access to your personal health information. It can be accessed anywher...
As I walked in for my first day at Decatur County Memorial Hospital I realized three C’s were on my mind–culture, community and care. Being new to the organization, I was curious to understand the culture relating to the focus on pa...