Middletown, NY – Orange Regional Medical Center will host the film “Screenagers” during Screen Free Week (April 29-May 1). The film will be shown at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at SUNY Orange’s Rowley Center for Science and Engineering, Room 10 located at 115 South Street, in Middletown, NY. Registration is required. To register, visit www.bit.ly/ScreenagersOrange. We encourage parents and their teenagers to attend together, if possible.
“Screenagers” is an award-winning film that shares a look into family life and shows struggles often faced over social media, video games and academics. The film offers solutions on how to help kids navigate the digital world. Screen time crosses into all aspects of kids’ lives. In addition to the screening of the film, the event will feature community organizations that will offer screen free activities.
A panel discussion at the end of the film will feature experts including Joseph Chavez Carey, MD, FAAFP, Primary Care Medical Director, Orange Regional Medical Group & Catskill Regional Medical Group; Rachel Wilson, Executive Director, Youth Bureau of Orange County; Julika von Stackelberg, Parenting & Family Life Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County and Tammy Rhein, LCSW, CASAC, CPP, Director of Chemical Dependency / Adult Mental Health, Department of Mental Health of Orange County. The discussions will center on health figures and statistics, screen time limitations, suggested activities and much more.
During Screen Free Week, communities around the United States unplug from digital entertainment and spend all that free time playing, reading, creating, exploring, and connecting with family and friends. For more ideas on how to go screen free, visit www.screenfree.org.
About Orange Regional Medical Center
Orange Regional features seven floors of state-of-the-art technology and provides 383 beds and employs approximately 3,300 healthcare professionals. In addition to inpatient services, highlights of Orange Regional include a cancer center and a five-story outpatient services building on the main campus, featuring Orange Regional Medical Group with primary care and specialty physicians, urgent care, outpatient surgical and diagnostic services and more. Orange Regional was named by Healthgrades as one of the 100 best hospitals nationally for cardiac intervention and General Surgery and was a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™. Orange Regional also achieved the Healthgrades 2019 America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ placing the hospital in the top 5 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its superior clinical performance. In 2017, Orange Regional was named the Most Beautiful Hospital in the US and is recognized by US News & World Report as a Best Regional Hospital. It is a recipient of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite; a designated Magnet hospital recognizing excellence in Nursing and its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system has achieved Stage 7; the highest level on HIMSS Analytics’ EMR adoption model. Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is an Academic Affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. It is also a member of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS), which is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2018 and 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies. To learn more about ORMC, visit www.ormc.org.
