Month: October 2018

How You Did It: One Staff Member’s Weight Loss Journey

Oct 23, 2018 Comments Off on How You Did It: One Staff Member’s Weight Loss Journey
October 3 @ 2:59 am

Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic regularly treats patients who experience hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic diseases associated with excess weight. Despite the recommendation to lose weight for disease management and better health outcomes, the process of adapting to a new lifestyle and diet can be…

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Health In Translation: BIFMC Has One of the Few Clinically Certified Interpreters in SC

Oct 2, 2018 Comments Off on Health In Translation: BIFMC Has One of the Few Clinically Certified Interpreters in SC
October 3 @ 2:59 am

At Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic, approximately 30% of patients are ‘Limited English Speakers’; primarily Spanish-speaking adults who live or work on Johns, James or Wadmalaw Islands. Many of the Spanish-speaking patients treated at the free clinic work in construction, landscaping, house cleaning, the food and beverage industry and hospitality;…

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