June 2024   Starting Off Summer Summer is almost here, and with that comes some expected changes. This month, want to help you with a few things to consider to help keep you safe, whether you will be traveling for graduations or enjoying a stay-cation. What are your summer plans?   Hurricane Preparedness Hurricane season will be starting on June 1st and ending November 30th. Now is the perfect time to make sure that you have everything you need in case of emergency. There are two planned sales tax holidays for disaster preparedness. There is also legislation in place that allows for emergency refills of your medications, regardless of how recently you had it filled, once a hurricane warning has been issued for your area. Our blog, The Bean, will also be posting about hurricane preparedness in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more information!   Disaster Sales Tax Holidays: June 1st- June 14th August 24th- September  6th Traveling with Your Devices As summer begins, so do a lot of special travel plans. Whether you are traveling to celebrate a graduation or headed on vacation, don't forget to take you blood pressure monitor and scale. Your devices are capable of sending readings from anywhere that you have signal to make a cell phone call.  Your devices also store your readings even if it has trouble transmitting at that particular moment. As soon as it is able to pick up enough signal upon your next reading, it will send all stored readings to your Care Coordinator. Travel with your devices and know that someone is keeping an eye on you even when you are away from home. Mid-Year Check In As we are making our way to the middle of the year, here are some things to think about before your next phone call with your Care Coordinator: Is your medication list current? Your Care Coordinator will want to do a mid year review to make sure our list matches yours. What parts of the program do you enjoy most? Where can we do better? Which education topic has been your favorite? What other topics  or questions would you like us cover? Get involved with some June events:  PTSD Awareness Month June 1-7: National CPR and AED Awareness week June 10-16: Men's Health Week June 14: World Blood Donor Day June 21: International Day of Yoga June 27: National PTSD Awareness Day Thank you for  your support! We would like to thank you for all of your support and donations to our team for the Kidney Walk that occurred on May 19th. With your help, our members of the Dream Team, from both Jacksonville Nephrology and DialySuites, were able to raise $1,343. We loved having such a good turn out at the event and really look forward to walking with you again next time! Summer Preparedness Resources Websites and Videos Listed below are trusted websites, like the National Kidney Foundation and Mayo Clinic, to help provide additional information. 2024 Sales Tax Holiday Information Emergency Medication Refills Disaster Supply Checklist Blog Posts The Bean provides a variety of resources about all things kidney related.  Summer Safety Kidney Korner: Fluid Intake- Dehydration Local Events Find a local event to attend this summer Jax Beach Country Music Festival Moonlight Movies: Wonka Jax Beach Classic  Car Cruise How the HumHealth App Helps Viewing your Blood Pressure Graph Looking at lists of blood pressure readings can be daunting. Viewing a graph can sometimes make it easier to see what your blood pressure is doing after making a lifestyle change. This can show you the "before and after" of creating new routines such as implementing more movement or changing to a healthier diet. Navigate to the menu button (3 horizontal lines) in the upper lefthand corner on the home screen. Scroll to the "Self-Assessment" section and select "Vitals" Select the "Blood Pressure" from the list, do not click on the purple icon This screen shows a graph of your readings over a selected period of time To change the length of time, locate the time settings in the upper left hand corner and toggle between "1W, 1M, 3M, etc."  Download in the Apple App Store Download in the Google Play Store RPM Empowered To continue our mission of 'Empowering Through Education,' we provide monthly education topics for our Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) patients.  Learn More   Patient Care Coordinator Samantha Samantha is a dedicated team member who will work side by side with you to help manage your care via our RPM program. Need Help? Contact us! Phone: (904) 260-9898 Fax: (904) 260-9891 Email: [email protected] Address: 13241 Bartram Park Blvd Suite 1001 Jacksonville, FL 32258 www.jaxnephrology.com Designed with BEE