Contact Information

PSA Board Meeting

May 7th, 2010 (posted date)

July 12, 2010 (meeting date)
Contact Person: Daniel Smith, Ph.D., MBA, President & CEO
Phone: 305-517-6613
Fax: 305-517-6617

Public Service Announcement – For Immediate Release


RHNMC MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BOARD

A meeting of the Rural Health Network's Governing Board will be held on Monday, July 12, 2010 starting at 9:30 am.

The location of the meeting: Marathon Garden Club, 5270 Overseas Hwy., Marathon, Florida  33050.

The members will hear staff reports concerning current projects, the status of proposed projects, and other items of business.

The public is invited to attend.

Posted May 7th, 2010 8:23 am

Updated July 1st, 2010  9:02 am

 

 

As of May 1, 2009

Rural Health Network was awarded a grant from Health Resources and Services Administration (Health and Human Services) to provide free dental sealants over a three year period to the second and seventh grade school children of Monroe County. We are partnering with the Monroe County School District to provide this free service. Parents are urged to sign the parental permission slips allowing RHNMC to provide the sealants to the children. RHNMC will have qualified licensed dentists and hygienists available to do the assessments and sealants at the individual schools. Please contact RHNMC if you need a permission slip.

As of May 1, 2009

Rural Health Network was awarded a grant from the Health Foundation of South Florida to provide cancer screenings for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers. We are partnering with Woman Kind, Inc. of Key West to do the screenings. Please contact RHNMC or Woman Kind for details.  We would like to thank the Foundation for their gracious support to the Monroe community.

As of July 1, 2009

RHNMC has expanded its Marathon facility to three dental operatories and doubled its clinic space. We now provide better access to medical care and oral health care.  We work with complete digital x-rays and electronic medical records.

In Key West we have expanded to five dental operatories, with fully digital x-rays, including panoramic x-rays and electronic medical records.

As of May 6, 2010

From the CEO

Rural Health Network is pleased to announce that we were award a three year grant by Health Services and Resource Administration (HRSA) to provide oral assessments and dental sealants to the 2nd and 7th grade school children of Monroe County. We conducted a pilot program back in 2002-2003 with a limited number of Monroe County school children. Several assessment programs have taken place since that time, however none provided sealants. We are looking forward to promoting the program as well as proper oral hygiene to our community's children. The program will be headed by our Project Manager, Sandra Higgs, who conducted our pilot program and who has been committed to working with Rural Health once again to help our Keys Community. Dr. Christine Taggart will be the lead Dentist conducting the clinical aspect of the program.

The assessments and the sealants are done free of charge. SEALANTS act as a barrier protecting enamel from plaque and acids. They will be applied by licensed Rural Health Network dentists and hygienist and done during school hours.

Rural Health Network would like to specifically thank the Monroe County School District AND the Monroe County Health Department (school nurses) for partnering with the Rural Health Network to bring this valuable program to the Florida Keys. PARENTs are urged to sign the necessary parental permission slips, allowing us to do the assessments and sealants. For further information, please contact Sandra Higgs at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call her at 305-797-6992.