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Valley Medical Group Patient News

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December 12th, 2022

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Dear Patients,

 

As you are likely aware, there are nationwide shortages on many medications especially those used to treat ADD/ADHD. The causes of these shortages are complex and related to labor shortages, increased demand, and regulation of the medications. It is expected the medication shortages will likely continue into 2023.  We are finding that our patients are sometimes having trouble filling their prescriptions. We understand that this can be a frustrating and anxiety provoking situation. If you find that your prescription cannot be filled due to medication shortages, we ask that you call around to local pharmacies to see if one has your prescription in stock and then notify the office so that we can resend your prescription. If you are unable to find a pharmacy that has your medication in stock, you may be asked to schedule a visit so that we can discuss alternatives. We wish that there was an easier remedy to this issue and we respect that it causes frustrations. We ask for your patience as we work with you to try to get you your prescribed medications or appropriate alternatives. If you have further questions, please reach out for a visit with your prescriber.

 

Thank you,

Valley Medical Group

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VMG Working to be an Anti Racist Practice

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In honor of Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17th), we want to raise awareness of the Kaiser Family Foundation's report on Racial Disparities in Women's Maternal Health. VMG stands firmly in the belief that "It Takes A Village" to raise a child, to raise awareness, and to undo racism! Therefore, we are sharing resources so our whole community can become more knowledgeable on this topic, starting with the Black Mamas Matter Toolkit!

 

Where better to begin than in utero to assert the birthright of our children, mothers, and all humans to live in a world free from racism. This past year, COVID highlighted the racial differences in access to healthcare and the prevalence of illnesses that co-exist among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Now, let us take the recent CDC statement committing to address racism as a serious threat to public health as a collective call to action to encourage systemic interventions to address the factors that impact the health and wellbeing of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. These include stress, food insecurity, police brutality, inequities in the legal system, poverty, employment discrimination, environmental hazards, educational inequities, etc.

 

We hope this holistic, race conscious approach to health will redirect resources to racially marginalized groups and support funding for research on the long term impacts of racism and intergenerational trauma on mental and physical wellbeing. Valley Medical Group, for its part, has committed to a Climate Survey and Interrupting Racism trainings for our whole staff to root racism out of public health and provide culturally sensitive and proactive, racially responsive care to all our patients.  

 

For further resources, please check out: 

Nine Organizations Working to Save Black Mothers

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