Letter: New public health nurse supports preventative care

Dear Editor:
It sure was refreshing to read last week’s newspaper referencing Pioneers Medical Center’s CEO, Ken Harman’s thoughts about the role of prevention in healthcare.
The most frustrating thing as a clinician is treating a patient for what should be a simple problem, but with co-morbidities making the real cure elusive. Co-morbidities like obesity, diabetes, COPD, CHF, illicit drug use and the social morbidity of poverty makes treating something simple like tennis elbow daunting,…