The Nantucket Council on Aging and Nantucket Cottage Hospital are joining forces to offer the first joint Island Health Fair & Elder Expo on Oct. 19th, 2019.
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Important information for off-island patients and providers: If you or your patient are coming to Nantucket for the summer or even visiting for a few days or weeks and want to receive care at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, click on the link above to see important information which will help you access the services you need.
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The Nantucket Council on Aging and Nantucket Cottage Hospital are joining forces to offer the first joint Island Health Fair & Elder Expo this fall. The event will be held at the new Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
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NCH and Gosnold on Nantucket have launched a pilot behavioral health integration program to embed Gosnold’s behavioral health consultants in the hospital’s primary care practices. This collaborative pilot program aims to identify patients at risk for behavioral health issues in the primary care setting and develop a treatment plan before their issues become a crisis.
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Developed in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital our program brings a team of cancer specialists to the island on a weekly basis for patient consultation and treatment. Ugne Aleknaite, a Nantucket-based Certified Nurse Practitioner, coordinates with Mass General, Nantucket Cottage Hospital, and on- and off-island providers to care for Nantucket cancer patients and their families.
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In April 2015, Jeannie Critchley was coming to the end of another school year and looking ahead to summer on Nantucket. But Critchley, who has been a teacher at Nantucket Elementary School for nearly 30 years, was about to receive some health news that would change her life. After a routine mammogram at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Critchley was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that there are more than 300,000 new cases of tick-borne diseases in the U.S. every year, and Nantucket has one of the highest incidence rates in the country. At Nantucket Cottage Hospital, our physicians have extensive experience diagnosing and treating Lyme disease, Babesia, Anaplasmosis, and Borrelia Miyamotoi.
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Please consider a donation to The NCH Fund, our annual appeal, which supports the year-round operations of Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Simply put, many islanders could not make their lives 30 miles at sea without a first-class community hospital,. Learn more about some of our supporters, like Alli and Sean Mitchell.
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