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 This month is all about encouraging men in to take care of their bodies by eating right, exercising, and working to prevent disease. The purpose of Men’s Health Month is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of diseases including cancer, heart disease, and depression.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL MEN'S HEALTH MONTH Tweak your diet Men's Health Month is a great opportunity to change the way you eat. Cut back on alcohol this month or up your intake of healthy fermented foods like sauerkraut and kefir. You can do anything for a month, and if you do it for a month, you can do it for life! Set some goals Use this month to take stock of your health now and think about where you want it to be. Do you want to lose weight? Gain muscle? Simply eat more vegetables? Set small and achievable goals and work with your doctor to make them a reality. Get educated Take this opportunity to read about the common health issues that are specific to men and how you can prevent yourself from getting hurt! Check out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for information on health issues that men face. WHY NATIONAL MEN'S HEALTH MONTH IS IMPORTANT That checks out If you're stressing about a symptom—a busted knee, a persistent headache—it can be easy to get in a cycle of worrying about it. But going to the doctor can do two incredible things: one, it can figure out what's wrong, but two, it can keep you from worrying! Men's Health Month encourages you to get yourself checked out so you can feel better—and stop worrying. A conversation starter Men's Health Month gets people talking about health, which gets people acting about health. Gyms get joined, appointments get made, and resolutions get promised. It's a beautiful thing. Join in! An excuse for pampering Lots of things that are good for your body are also good for your soul! Play some golf, get a massage, take an extra-long nap. It's all healthy, and if anyone asks the occasion, you've got an answer at the ready: Men's Health Month! For more information please visit: Men’s Health Network  This June, we recognize and celebrate the dedicated team members at RCMS who are marking another year of service.
Your ongoing commitment to compassionate, high-quality care continues to strengthen the health and well-being of our community every day. Thank you for the difference you make—your hard work and dedication are truly appreciated!  Your Feedback Matters
We regularly invite our patients to share feedback through surveys so we can better understand what’s working—and where we can improve. Your responses directly support our Performance and Quality Improvement teams in making meaningful changes to enhance your experience and ensure we’re delivering the highest standard of care. Here’s what some of our patients have shared: "Amazing service and care! Called at 3:40ish on Sunday and asked if I could be there at 4:00 for an appointment. Shortest wait ever for an urgent care visit. My care was thorough and complete. Everyone was incredibly friendly and nice. If I lived at Sea Ranch full time I'd absolutely become a patient here! Thank you! And my thumb is healing great!" "The nurse and NP were both very efficient, friendly, very good about explaining all that was needed and I felt that I was in very good hands and was being treated professionally as well as graciously. Thank you for the GREAT service." "I had a wonderful experience. It took less time getting the help I needed at RCMS than would take in my home town which has been true with my visits. The staff is very easy to communicate with and cares about my condition." "The staff was very friendly and efficient. The PA was very helpful in helping me with the tick issues of several bites in a short amount of time. He really gave me helpful information on what to look for, how to treat etc. He spent a lot of time. Great experience. Thank you."
 As of the end of February, eight months into our fiscal year, our financial condition remains strong, but we continue to experience weakness in Primary Care visits and patient revenue, due primarily to a shortage of Primary Care providers. With a new full-time MD now seeing patients, this situation will gradually improve. Some “catch up” revenues resulted in positive net income for the month, although the bottom line remains negative and significantly below budget for the fiscal year to date. On the positive side, expenses remain under good control, and we feel confident that we can continue to meet whatever financial challenges arise. In particular, we have ample cash reserves to withstand any potential cuts in government funding for an extended period of time.
Details on the latest financial results can be found in the board meeting packet for March 26, 2025, on the RCMS website: Board Agenda and Packet  Thank you to all our guests, donors, volunteers, and local businesses for their support of Black & White Night. The night was filled with great food and wine hosted by the Sea Ranch Lodge.
We’d also like to thank Paul and Carol Kozal for hosting a wonderful event at Studio 391. This event was catered by Elizabeth Clune and the food was wonderful. And a big thank you to Robin Hathaway, Paddy Batchelder, and Diane Fischer for making this event a reality.  Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects predominately dopamine-producing (“dopaminergic”) neurons in a specific area of the brain called substantia nigra.
Symptoms generally develop slowly over years. The progression of symptoms is often a bit different from one person to another due to the diversity of the disease. People with PD may experience:
The cause remains largely unknown. Although there is no cure, treatment options vary and include medications and surgery. While Parkinson’s itself is not fatal, disease complications can be serious. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rated complications from PD as the 14th cause of death in the United States. The first step to living well with Parkinson’s disease is to understand the disease and the progression: It is possible to have a good to great quality of life with PD. Working with your doctor and following recommended therapies are essential in successfully treating symptoms by using dopaminergic medications. People with PD need this medication because they have low levels or are missing dopamine in the brain, mainly due to impairment of neurons in the substantia nigra. It is important to understand that people with PD first start experiencing symptoms later in the course of the disease because a significant amount of the substantia nigra neurons have already been lost or impaired. Lewy bodies (accumulation of abnormal alpha-synuclein) are found in substantia nigra neurons of PD patients. Scientists are exploring ways to identify biomarkers for PD that can lead to earlier diagnosis and more tailored treatments to slow down the disease process. Currently, all therapies used for PD improve symptoms without slowing or halting the disease progression. In addition to movement-related (“motor”) symptoms, Parkinson’s symptoms may be unrelated to movement (“non-motor”).People with PD are often more impacted by their non-motor symptoms than motor symptoms. Examples of non-motor symptoms include: apathy, depression, constipation, sleep behavior disorders, loss of sense of smell and cognitive impairment. In idiopathic Parkinson’s disease, progression tends to be slow and variable. Doctors often use the Hoehn and Yahr scale to gauge the progression of the disease over the years. The scale was originally implemented in 1967 and it included stages zero to five, where zero is no signs of Parkinson’s and five is advanced PD. It was later changed to become the modified Hoehn and Yahr scale. Page reviewed by Dr. Ahmad Elkouzi, Movement Disorders Fellow at the University of Florida, a Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence. For more information and resources visit Parkinson's Foundation at: Parkinson's Foundation
 Our community health center is growing, and we’re looking for passionate professionals to join us! If you’re seeking a rewarding career in a supportive, professional environment, we’d love to hear from you!
Open Positions: 📌 Accounts Payable Specialist - Full Time – Manage invoices, payments, and financial records with accuracy and efficiency to support our healthcare operations. 💰 📌 Human Resources and Operations Director - Full Time – Lead HR functions and oversee operations to ensure smooth, efficient workflows in a dynamic healthcare environment. 💼 Why Join Us? ✅ Competitive salary & comprehensive benefits package ✅ Employer retirement match for your future security ✅ A collaborative & professional workplace committed to community health Be part of a team that values your expertise and supports your growth! Apply today and make a difference where it matters most.  We send surveys to our patients to get their feedback on our service. The feedback helps us know what we are doing right and where we can get better.
The results of the survey are used by our performance improvement and quality improvement teams and are actively used to improve our delivery and provide you with the best possible service. Here are some excerpts from our survey responses: "The care I received was exemplary!" "RCMS and Urgent Care are the best places for any sick or injured person to arrive and be care for. All RCMS staff are extraordinary and superb! Always!" "Very busy Urgent Care unit due to high volume of flu/RSV/COVID. No rooms were available, so they treated me in our car which was very nice. Did one X-ray and provided us with meds. Thank you. Great help and care!" "Great staff friendly and on their game." |
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