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At Bayhealth, you don't have to choose quality over convenience. You don't have to choose outstanding medical care over being cared about. We are a team of people who have chosen to make health care more of what you want it be, so you can choose to have it all. Go to Bayhealth/org/Find-A-Doc today.

Bayhealth is not experiencing any outages that directly impact our ability to safely care for our patients as a result of the global IT outage on Friday, July 19. All our locations are fully operational. Our commitment to our community is always at the forefront of all we do.

Summer is a time for fun in the sun, beach outings, and outdoor adventures. However, the hot weather and increased outdoor activities can pose various health risks. Bayhealth Pediatrician Colleen Allorto, DO, shares four essential tips to help you stay safe and healthy during the summer months. Read more here https://lnkd.in/eXgU9xsi now.

No one wants to get bit by a tick. 🪲⁠ The uptick in tick presence on Delmarva should not stop you from enjoying our beautiful state this summer. With over 700 reported Lyme disease cases in Delaware last year, we hope to help you and your family stay safer this summer. ⁠ ⁠ Ticks carry bacteria, viruses, and parasites to steer clear of. As you visit more wooded, grassy areas in the summer, awareness is key to prevention. Specialty-trained Infectious Diseases Clinician, Rafael Ruiz-Gaviria, MD, offers diagnosis, treatment and management of various infectious diseases every day. He offers a few prevention tips and what to do if you happen to find or get bit by a tick. Read his tips here https://lnkd.in/exE43kYr now.

Congrats! Bayhealth’s Carolyn Baitsholts, RN, at Bayhealth Kent Campus has earned a DAISY Award for her compassionate care. The DAISY award recognizes certain nurses for the extensive care they provide. All nurses are required to tend to their patients but some go above-and-beyond. The DAISY award is a way for patients and families to extend their thanks to nurses they feel have provided the utmost care and respect for them and their needs. When caring for an expecting mother, Baitsholts was compassionate and a consistent advocate for her patient. Baitsholts thoroughly explained information regarding the patient’s care plan to ensure that she was aware and comfortable with everything. Baitsholts demonstrated what her patient called “proactive nursing”, putting the utmost effort into ensuring that her delivery was safe. Her patient noted how multiple team members praised Baitsholts as a compassionate coworker and leader in the field of nursing. “The unknown of this delivery process was scary and met with challenges along the way. Carolyn was my advocate, my educator, and biggest fan,” said Baitsholts’ grateful patient and nominator. DAISY Award honorees are chosen by nurses, administrators, peers, physicians, volunteers, patients, and families. If you know a Bayhealth nurse who deserves to be nominated, visit Bayhealth.org/DAISY and fill out the nomination form.

Patients who access their personal health information on a patient portal like MyChart are more likely to be better informed and involved in their overall health care. Download this patient portal at Bayhealth.org/MyChart today.

"I have experience in many other industries, but none have made me feel as important as I feel now working in health care, and that's all thanks to the Earn While You Learn program." Anna Balika, Patient Care Technician I Anna is a recent graduate of the Earn While You Learn phlebotomy program and is now working as a Patient Care Technician I at Bayhealth Outpatient Center, Kent Campus. And this is only the beginning for her! She has aspirations of becoming an RN and a midwife one day. Earn While You Learn really is as good as it sounds. We compensate students for going to class and clinicals, AND we cover all tuition and fees. Not only that, after completing the program, each new health care professional will have a career at Bayhealth. We also offer medical assistant and certified nursing assistant career tracks through the Earn While You Learn program. Anna found her purpose in health care and you can too! Read more of Anna's story at https://lnkd.in/e37SUhBX or visit Bayhealth.org/EWYL to learn more about the program.

Thank you True North, LLC for your donation of diaper bags for our childbirth education parenting classes. We are grateful for your generosity!

Healthy babies, healthy moms and healthy communities matter here. #OurCommitmentRunsDeep

Heat stroke is a medical emergency. Bilal Bangash, MD, a pulmonary and critical care physician at Bayhealth, shares what to know as temperatures soar.