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Health department reports rising primary care visits, diabetes outreach and successful flu/cold‑clothing events
Summary
Rutherford County Health Department Director Butterfield told the committee Sept. primary care visits were up about 50% year‑over‑year for combined women's and men's health visit types and diabetes outreach increased; the department administered 182 flu vaccines in one "fight flu" day and distributed 193 coats at a community event.
Ms. Butterfield, director of the Rutherford County Health Department, updated the Health & Education Committee on public‑health programs and community outreach.
She reported that combined women's and men's health primary care visit types increased nearly 50 percent in September compared with the prior year and that diabetes outreach and triage contacts have increased as the department expands education and follow‑up for existing patients. "We hook them up with a lot of…
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