A first-of-its kind public health initiative aims to tackle the work of better documenting and reducing tick-borne illnesses and substance abuse.
Island Health Care
July 8, 2021
Julia Wells
2019
February 7, 2019
A proposal to establish a new collaborative Island health group began circulating in Island towns this week. Cynthia Mitchell met with the Chilmark selectmen to explain the concept.
2018
September 27, 2018
As the Island’s new community health nurse, West Tisbury native Lila Fischer said she is seeing the Vineyard in a whole new light.
May 31, 2018
Island Health Care in Edgartown has added more space in the form of a refurbished 34-foot RV, a gift from Duffy Health Center in Hyannis. It will stay parked alongside the clinic near the Triangle.
2014
June 19, 2014
Island Health Care has received a grant to implement a new state-of-the-art telephone service.
The Island health organization will share a $825,000 grant from the Partnership for Community Health with five other community health centers, according to a press release.
2013
November 7, 2013
With a grant from Affordable Care Act funding, the Vineyard’s rural health care clinic — the first and only in the state — will become a federally qualified health care center.
2012
August 9, 2012
Islanders seem to voice the complaint nearly as often as they grumble about summer traffic backups at the blinker light and spiking prices at the gas pump:
You can’t find a primary care doctor on the Island.
