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Military Hospitals and Clinics Earn Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval

To be considered to earn the Gold Seal of Approval, hospitals and clinics need to demonstrate compliance with high standards of performance through rigorous, unannounced, onsite observations, where a team of Joint Commission reviewers evaluate compliance in many areas of health care. The Joint Commission’s standards are developed in consultation with health care experts and providers, measurement experts, and patients.
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Public announcement

The Friends of the Marion County Library would like to announce they will be having their next business meeting on Monday, March 3, at 10 a.m. at the Methodist church. Anyone who is interested in our organization is welcome to attend.
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Tips for healthy smiles: Maintaining children’s dental health

LITTLE ROCK – February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and while getting children to brush their teeth is not the easiest task, it can be an important one. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that over half of children aged six to eight years old and over half of adolescents aged 12 to 19 have had a cavity in one of their baby or adult teeth. Cavities are preventable, though, and the CDC has recommendations for parents to help prevent them in babies and children.
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