Outer Cape Health Services

12/02/2025

🌟 Support Outer Cape Health Services This Giving Tuesday! 🌟

At Outer Cape Health Services, we believe that everyone deserves access to quality healthcare, regardless of their ability to pay.

This Giving Tuesday, please join us in our mission to provide comprehensive primary healthcare and social services to the outermost communities on Cape Cod.

In today’s healthcare environment we are facing even stronger headwinds as a community health center, and so your contributions play a vital role in helping us to ensure that we can maintain and expand our services.

Every gift, big or small, directly supports our capacity to provide essential primary care and pharmacy services, substance use and behavioral health services, supportive social services and specialty care, including endocrinology, women's health, dermatology, and optometry to some of the most medically isolated areas of Massachusetts.

Giving is good! And when you give it strengthens our community’s health and well-being.

Here’s how you can help:

Donate Online:

https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E5425&id=6

Call Us at (508) 905-2823 for assistance.

Mail Your Gift to Outer Cape Health Services, P.O. Box 598, Harwich Port, MA 02646.

Thank you for caring!

Thank you for giving!

05/16/2025

Sharing the link to listen to Dr. Marie Constant’s interview focusing on Women’s Health and Behavioral Health Care Sevices!

capecodcom · Prevention Focus for Women’s Health Month with Outer Cape Health Services HARWICH – May is Women’s Health Awareness Month, and Outer cape health Services taking the time to…

02/28/2025

https://www.outercape.org/2025/02/20/outer-cape-health-services-community-webinar/

Please join us next Tuesday March 4th, 2025 at 2 PM for our Community Webinar. This webinar will share information about how OCHS plans to meet the critical demand for comprehensive primary health care and supportive social services for the residents and visitors of the Lower and Outer Cape.

Thank you for your interest about Outer Cape Health Services’ (OCHS) community webinar on Tuesday, March 4 at 2 PM. This webinar will share information about how OCHS plans to meet the critical demand for comprehensive primary health care and supportive social services for the residents and visi....

01/17/2025

To our patients,

Outer Cape Health Services recently implemented a new best practice to streamline the registration process for appointments, ensuring patient information is accurate and up to date. As of this week, our team has been reaching out via phone calls to patients in advance of appointments to confirm registration details.

Unfortunately, we understand this has caused some confusion. Please know these calls are legitimate and conducted by the Outer Cape Health Services team to verify essential information in a secure manner. We want to reassure you that protecting your personal information is our highest priority.

If you have any concerns or questions about this process, or if you receive a call and would like to confirm its authenticity, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly at (508) 905-2888

12/31/2024

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As we close out 2024 🎉 , OCHS wants to celebrate some of the good news that was shared about us in local and national press this year. Please enjoy and share these articles that highlight the significant impact that Rural and Federally Qualified Health Centers like Outer Cape Health have on the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Gretchen Eckel PA-C is highlighted in print and radio about how remote blood pressure monitoring programs help advance health equity:

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/12/16/masshealth-hospitals-blood-pressure-remote-data-medicine

How remote blood pressure data helps fight strokes and the effects of racism | WBUR News

To detect warning signs of heart problems in high-risk patients, some hospitals and health centers use remote blood pressure monitoring. Patients take their readings at home on devices that send ...
www.wbur.org

Jeff Schaffer RN helped to educate the public on sexual health, HIV/AIDS and the harms of stigma:

https://www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2024-11-29/outer-cape-nurse-provides-sexual-health-care-amid-persisting-stigma

Outer Cape nurse provides sexual health care amid persisting stigma

Despite medical strides, people still face barriers to accessing sexual health care, particularly in remote and transient communities like Provincetown. That's why registered nurse Jeffrey ...

www.capeandislands.org

Jeff starts at 33:30 in this iHeart, WBZ radio interview:

https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/featured/nightside-with-dan-rea/content/2024-11-19-1002-nightside-with-dan-rea-nightside-news-update/

NightSide News Update | WBZ NewsRadio 1030 | NightSide with Dan Rea
We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!Charles Ro – Owner of Charles Ro Supply Company has become the Worlds Largest Lionel Dealer and the Number One Train Dealer in America.Ben Noll – Meteorolog...

wbznewsradio.iheart.com

Dr. Marie Constant made the headline statement for a news article that shares the challenges of providing healthcare in rural communities:

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/health-care/we-need-more-people-to-work/

‘We need more people to work’ - CommonWealth Beacon

In Massachusetts, 50 community health centers serve over one million patients, with a mission of providing primary care to underserved communities in urban and rural areas. However, in rural locations, such as areas of Cape Cod and western Massachusetts, community health centers face significant workforce challenges amid a statewide primary care physician shortage and, at times, may struggle ...

commonwealthbeacon.org

Bri Smith LICSW shares the impact of our patient navigator program and the opening of the AIM Wellness center:

https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/outer-cape-health-services-encourages-use-of-community-services/

Outer Cape Health Services Encourages Use Of Community Services

WELLFLEET – Outer Cape Health Services is raising awareness of its Community Resource Navigator Program. Outer Cape notes that the holiday season is a time when many individuals and families face increased stress and financial challenges.

www.capecod.com

https://provincetownindependent.org/featured/2024/10/02/a-new-wellness-center-offers-in-person-support/

Dr. Zona Batacchi and Jessica Black RN share the benefits of our new Endocrine program:

https://capecodchronicle.com/articles/2011/view/type-one-diabetes-program-up-and-running-at-ochs

Type One Diabetes Program Up And Running At OCHS

HARWICH – A new program focused on endocrinology care has officially launched at Outer Cape Health Services. The demand for diabetes care has grown in recent years due to the aging population and widespread diabetes diagnoses in Outer Cape communities. The program will provide access to ...

capecodchronicle.com

https://capecodchronicle.com/articles/859/view/ochs-gets-100k-gift-for-integrated-diabetes-program

HARWICH – Outer Cape Health Services, Inc. has received a major gift from The Lillylulu Foundation to establish an integrated and collaborative...

12/02/2024

🌟 Support Outer Cape Health Services This Giving Tuesday! 🌟

This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join us in our mission to provide comprehensive health and social services to the Outer Cape community. At Outer Cape Health Services, we believe that everyone deserves access to quality healthcare, regardless of their ability to pay. Each year, we care for over 20,000 patients, ensuring that no one is turned away.

Your contributions play a vital role in helping us maintain and expand our services. Every gift, big or small, directly supports our capacity to provide essential primary care, behavioral health services, supportive social services and specialty care, including endocrinology, dermatology, and optometry. Together, we can strengthen our community’s health and well-being.

Here’s how you can help:

Donate Online: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E5425&id=6

Call Us: Reach out to our development staff (508) 905-2823 for assistance.
Mail Your Gift: Send donations to Outer Cape Health Services, P.O. Box 598, Harwich Port, MA 02646.

Your generosity ensures that we can continue to be a trusted access point for clinical care on the Outer Cape. Let’s come together to make a difference this Giving Tuesday and support the health of our community.

Thank you for caring. Thank you for giving.

Outer Cape Health Services, Inc.

10/09/2024

https://vimeo.com/1016217570

04 October 2024 - WELLFLEET, MA - On September 27, the AIM Wellness Center - the only one of its kind on the Outer Cape - opened its doors in Wellfleet. The new…

10/03/2024

🌟 **Exciting News at Outer Cape Health!** 🌟From our CEO Damian Archer: I am thrilled to announce the grand opening of the A.I.M. Wellness Center in Wellfleet, a significant milestone for Outer Cape Health Services (OCHS) and our commitment to high quality healthcare to the communities we serve. I want to extend my gratitude to everyone involved in bringing this vision to life, especially our dedicated staff, the Board of Directors, the AIM group and all of our other community partners. Together, we are making strides in transforming how we approach substance use —putting wellness at the forefront. The A.I.M. Wellness Center is open to all ensuring that anyone in our community seeking help has access to care. This is not just a facility; it's a beacon of hope for our community on the Cape. Here’s to a healthier future for all! 💪💚

🌟 **Exciting News at Outer Cape Health!** 🌟I am thrilled to announce the grand opening of the A.I.M. Wellness Center in Wellfleet, a significant milestone…

04/04/2024

This week on The Person of The Week, MVYRADIO reporter Joe Stickles interviews Dr Damian Archer - CEO Of Outer Cape Health Services

POTW is sponsored Law Offices of Bruce A. Bierhans LLC

https://soundcloud.com/mvyradio/the-person-of-the-week-for-april-4th-2024-dr-damian-archer?in=mvyradio/sets/mvyradios-person-of-the-week&si=c9fcb16b13fb444ba670c1ca1a5e58c7&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

03/29/2024

02/13/2024

Due to the impending forecast, all OCHS health centers and pharmacies will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 13.

Patients with appointments will be contacted to reschedule.
We apologize for the disruption in service, but please stay safe.

As always, for medical emergencies, call 911.