After losing her mother, Karyn struggled with grief, depression, anxiety, and growing isolation. Through Carson Valley Health’s Vitality for Life program, she found senior mental health support, practical coping skills, and a community that helped her start living life on her own terms again. When Karyn’s mother died, the depression and...
Closing the Distance Gap: New Technology Sets a Higher Standard for Rural Healthcare
New rural healthcare technology at Carson Valley Health is helping reduce one of the biggest challenges facing rural patients: distance. Advanced laboratory automation allows more tests to be performed locally, helping clinicians get results faster and reducing the need to send samples to outside laboratories. Living in Carson Valley offers the kind...
A New Approach to Mental Wellness: Functional and Integrative Psychiatry
Wendy Hall, APRN, is bringing functional and integrative psychiatry to Carson Valley Health Behavioral Health Services, using a personalized approach that considers symptoms alongside health history, lifestyle, nutrition and other factors that may influence mental wellness. Could a different approach help patients need less medication over time? Wendy Hall, an Advanced Practice Registered...
Using AI for Health Advice? What Providers Want You to Know
AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini can help patients understand health information and prepare questions for their healthcare provider, but they have important limitations. Carson Valley Health providers explain why AI for health advice should be used as an educational tool, not as a replacement for diagnosis, treatment or medical evaluation. You’ve probably...
How Cardiac Rehab After Heart Surgery Helped Bob Reclaim His Life
After emergency heart surgery at 84, Bob struggled to regain his strength and confidence. Cardiac rehab after heart surgery gave him a structured path back to the gym, the golf course and the life he loved. When Bob was rushed to the hospital on September 21, he believed he was having...
New Concussion Protocol Supports Students and Athletes in Douglas County Schools
In recent years, we have learned a lot more about the short-term effects of concussions and seen the long-term damage in many older athletes. In schools, a lot of attention is devoted to concussions during school-sponsored athletic competition and how a student-athlete returns to play. For the injured student-athlete, the...