Updated September 2021 Dear Valued Patient, Olympic Internal Medicine is here for you during the COVID-19 pandemic and our community’s response. We want you to know our healthcare team is working diligently to ensure the health and safety of our patients and staff during this global health crisis.  For your safety, masks are required to be worn throughout the duration of your visit to our practice.  These guidelines were established based on the recommendations set forth by the Kitsap Public Health District and the Washington State Department of Health. Research has sh ..read more

Our office has received many inquiries regarding this year’s influenza vaccine, and in particular when is the optimal time to receive it. The most important consideration is that you just GET IT, whether early or late, high-dose or standard-dose. The more people that are vaccinated the better off we’ll all be when influenza starts circulating. The general recommendation is to receive the vaccine when it becomes available, in order to promote the most widespread coverage as possible. For this year, in particular, many providers feel that minimizing the possibility of an influenza outbreak while ..read more

COVID-19 VACCINE NOW AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE 12 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER Olympic Internal Medicine is no longer offering vaccines. For more information about the vaccines, and the Washington State Vaccination Plan please visit the Washington State Department of Health at https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/COVID19/Vaccine. To schedule a vaccine appointment visit kitsappublichealth.org. COVID Vaccine Booster Facts There has been a lot of news about COVID vaccine boosters, and probably some confusion about who should receive extra vaccine doses. Hopefully, the following will help clar ..read more

Finally, we are receiving vaccines and working our way towards defeating this pandemic! It is exciting, frustrating and a little scary still.  Exciting that we are getting supply and getting the most vulnerable vaccinated, that Washington State is one of the (still few) states that have more folks vaccinated than folks with Covid, and our death rates are decreasing with better treatment of this novel disease. We are safely opening up more businesses and I for one am feeling safer at the grocery store with people masked and more cautious. We now have THREE vaccines available (Moderna, Pfi ..read more

Updated May 4, 2021 COVID-19 VACCINE NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL ADULTS 16 AND OVER Olympic Internal Medicine is no longer offering vaccines. For more information about the vaccines, and the Washington State Vaccination Plan please visit the Washington State Department of Health at https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/COVID19/Vaccine. To schedule a vaccine appointment visit kitsappublichealth.org. The post COVID-19 Vaccine Update appeared first on Olympic Internal Medicine, Inc. P.S ..read more

Updated November 20, 2020 Dear Valued Patient, Olympic Internal Medicine is here for you during the COVID-19 pandemic and our community’s response. We want you to know our healthcare team is working diligently to ensure the health and safety of our patients and staff during this global health crisis. It is unfortunate, though not unanticipated, that the virus has again surged during the fall flu season. For your safety, masks are required to be worn through the duration of your visit to our practice.  These guidelines were established based on the recommendations set forth by the Kit ..read more

Our office has received many inquiries regarding this year’s influenza vaccine, and in particular when is the optimal time to receive it. The most important consideration is that you just GET IT, whether early or late, high-dose or standard-dose. The more people that are vaccinated the better off we’ll all be when influenza starts circulating. The general recommendation is to receive the vaccine when it becomes available, in order to promote the most widespread coverage as possible. For this year, in particular, many providers feel that minimizing the possibility of an influenza outbreak while ..read more

Summer 2020 will certainly go down as a memorable year! I think we are all going a little crazy after some 4 months of isolation and health precautions for COVID-19. June is, quite fortuitously, National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month in the U.S. Dementia is one of the more frightening concerns for our adult population. In Washington state, there are an estimated 120,000 persons diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia, and this number is expected to increase to 140,000 by 2025. In addition, there are multiple types of dementia other than Alzheimer’s – including vascular dementia (often asso ..read more

At Olympic Internal Medicine, we are currently offering several virtual visit options to continue meeting the needs of our patients while simultaneously reducing the transmission risk of infectious diseases, including COVID-19.  These virtual visit options do have their unique limitations based on insurance requirements.  Below are the options and limitations:   This is the closest to an actual office visit.  By visually interacting with patients, we can accomplish most items that are normally addressed during a clinic visit.  This includes, but is not limited to, rou ..read more

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