The Dorchester Shore Community Outreach Team (SCOT) will offer free screenings for blood pressure and diabetes in seven Dorchester County locations and one Caroline County location during the month of August. SCOT is a community-based health service offered by University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System.
The schedule for the health screenings is as follows:
- Monday, August 4, 1 to 5 p.m. at One Mission Cambridge, 614 Race St., Cambridge
- Thursday, August 7, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Caroline/Dorchester County Fair, 8230 Detour Rd., Denton
- Wednesday, August 13, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 303 S. Main St., Hurlock, and 4 to 6 p.m. at the Neck District Volunteer Fire Department, 954 Cooks Point Rd., Cambridge
- Thursday, August 14, 3 to 5 p.m. at the Dorchester County Public Library, 303 Gay St., Cambridge
- Thursday, August 21, 1 to 3 p.m. at the Empire Barbershop, 111 Maryland Ave., Cambridge, and 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the Farmers Market, Long Wharf, Cambridge
Combining expertise in nursing, social work and community health advocacy, SCOT members visit trusted community sites to provide health screenings and information to Dorchester County residents. They also provide home visits and safety assessments; case management for those with chronic illness; group wellness activities; and assistance with telehealth consults with providers; and assistance with completing health-related paperwork, including insurance forms and Advance Directives.
To schedule an appointment or visit, or to learn more about the Shore Community Outreach Team, call 443-225-7545 or email [email protected].
About University of Maryland Shore Regional Health
A member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) is the principal provider of comprehensive health care services for more than 170,000 residents of five counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore: Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot. UM SRH consists of approximately 2,000 team members, including more than 600 health care providers on the Medical Staff, who work with community partners to advance the values that are foundational to our mission: Compassion, Discovery, Excellence, Diversity and Integrity. For more information, visit https://www.umms.org/shore.
About the University of Maryland Medical System
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high-quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.
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